The Committee for the Study of the American Electorate, for example, noted a decrease in voting this year even among registered voters.

But Curtis Gans, director of the Committee for the Study of the American Electorate, said election returns, not the exit polls, were the real news.

He currently is Director of the Center for the Study of the American Electorate at American University.

"It's comparatively easy to register compared to five years ago," said Curtis Gans, head of the Committee for the Study of the American Electorate.

"It's a great tragedy," said Curtis B. Gans, director of the Committee for the Study of the American Electorate.

Last Tuesday, according to Curtis Gans of the Committee for the Study of the American Electorate, 51 percent took the trouble.

These were the same figures as given by the Center for the Study of the American Electorate.

A new study by the Committee for the Study of the American Electorate indicates both actually hurt voter turnout.

In the primaries this year, according to the Committee for the Study of the American Electorate, only 17 percent cast ballots.

The Committee for the Study of the American Electorate, a Washington study group, predicted that yesterday's turnout could be just as low.