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Voter turnout by sex and age for the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election Age, income, and educational attainment are significant factors affecting voter turnout. Educational attainment is perhaps the best predictor of voter turnout, and in the 2008 election, those holding advanced degrees were three times more likely to vote than those with less ...
Young people have the lowest turnout, though as the individual ages, turnout increases to a peak at the age of 50 and then falls again. [5] Ever since 18-year-olds were given the right to vote in 1971 through the 26th Amendment to the Constitution, [6] youth have been under represented at the polls as of 2003. [1]
Adults between 18 and 24 have continuously posted the lowest voter turnout rate of all age groups over the past six decades, with turnout wavering between 30-50% in all presidential elections ...
The United States has one of the lowest rates of youth voter turnout in the world. The gap between 18- to 29-year-olds and those over 60, a common measuring stick, is more than twice as large here ...
In political science, voter turnout is the participation rate (often defined as those who cast a ballot) of a given election. This is typically either the percentage of registered voters , eligible voters , or all voting-age people.
That election saw the highest percent of turnout in the voting age population since 1960. In Shawnee County, where Trump won by just 31 votes, the turnout rate is about 67% in the preliminary results.
Voters between 45 and 65 year old and voters over 65 years old have the highest rate of voter turnout. In the time span from 1964 to 2004, 18-24 year olds usually had a voter turnout of 41.8%, compared to 25-44 year olds who had a turnout of 57.9%. Voters between 45 and 65 year old and voters over 65 years old have turnout rates of 69.3% and 66 ...
The turnout model that looks better for Republicans is the inverse: a whiter electorate with more men, and upticks in rural voters and those without college degrees.