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These are the years of the presidential elections. I believe that the numbers are so low because many young people are only just starting to pay attention to politics in this age group. Many 18 year olds either do not know how to register to vote or they do not register in time. Then many people in this age gap are still in college which means they are not at home most likely and would have to submit an absenty ballot. If you've never voted before that could be a major hassle to figure out how to get a ballot and such, many probably just do not vote because of that.

Although the votes cast by people 25 years and older is still very small it is more than people 18-24. This I believe is because this has given people 4 years to actually get registered. Also People are normally out of college by now. However this means that they are either looking for a job or in their first job. People may not want to risk going to vote and missing work if it is there first job. Or they do not know where their polling place is since they didn't vote their while in college. Also I would say that if there is a clear winner less people are going to go out and vote. Past elections have been much closer and therefore there has been a greater voter turn out. People I think also do not believe that their vote actually counts "So why vote?" Also in this age group families start growing and so women have a harder time going out to vote because of that.