kimwagenveld+graphs



The first graph shows that as the years go on the more people tend to vote. As you might be able to see the citizen population and the presidential elections years are very similar. Both graphs increase linearly. This should tell you that the population increase directly correlates to the Presidential election votes. = = =Midterm Election Years= Series 1: 18-24 Series 2: 25+ Series 3: 18-29 Series 4: 30+ By looking at this graph you can see that Series 3 (18-29 year olds) is higher then series 1 (18-24 years old). This is simply because Series 3 has a wider age gap which means more people. But by looking at it more closely you can see the difference from 24-29. In those 5 years there really isnt to much of an difference between that and 18-24. But by looking at series 2(25+) and 4(30+) the difference is enormous. Which proves that citizens over the age of 25 are majority of voters.

Series 1: Youth 18-24 Series 2: Youth 18-29

As you can see on the graph the difference between each age group and what not is about 10%. Together they kind of follow the same trends. The 2nd trend is more because there are more people in that age group. However, the younger people [18-24] still made it so that the amount of people that voted looked pretty even to the older group. Towards 2002 they start moving towards each other. This is because the elections were bigger and younger people became more interested and wanted more of a say to what would happen with the elections.

Series 1: Youth 18-24 Series 2: Youth 18-29

Once again in this graph you can see how the older age group has more popularity in votes. For about 10 years they stay evenly apart. Towards '88 and '84 they both kind of drop. However after that they both increase. Series one starts to decrease though toward '96. Series two slowly starts increasing before series one does so, this means that the voting between the ages started to close in.

=Overview of all Graphs= I personally believe that the youth should vote more. To be more specific people that are 18-24. Clearly by looking over the graphs you can see their lack of contribution. I'm not sure what it is but it's is important to vote. Because technically speaking it directly effects you and everyone else in this world. There really is almost no excuse because i'm sure somewhere in their day they can at least find 1-3 hours of their day to vote. No one is that busy. And if they are i highly doubt that, thats most of the 18-24 year olds in the world. When younger people vote it makes more a difference. It shows that they care about what is going on, and that they have an opinion in how things should be. Closing that gap between older people and younger people voting shows that were all on the same page and that the country isn't run by a certain age group. Younger people are the future to what comes next, if avoiding voting is what they do how will they make an impact later on.