Duarte-Feldman

toc =Analysis of Voter Turnout Statistics=

Latinos
media type="custom" key="4737373" Latinos mirror the national trend, where older people have greater turnout than those younger. This pattern remains true over presidential election years as well as non-presidential election years. Latinos aged 18-29 have half of the turnout of Latinos older in non-presidential years, though the proportion improves in presidential years, with 18-29 year olds voting at about two thirds the rate of those older.

African Americans
media type="custom" key="4737459" African Americans mirror the national trend, where older people have greater turnout than those younger. This pattern remains true over presidential election years as well as non-presidential election years. African Americans aged 18-29 have a little more than half of the turnout of African Americans older in non-presidential years, though the proportion greatly improves in presidential years, with 18-29 year olds voting at about three quarters the rate of those older.

Young and Married
media type="custom" key="4737393" The left half of the graph represents voting patterns during non-presidential voting years for married 18-24 year-old males vs females. The males and females have had similar voting patterns in these years, except in recent years, male statistics have dropped. In presidential years, it used to be like non-presidential years in that males and females of this group had similar turnout. However, in recent cycles, males have dropped off, with more females going out to the polls.

Young Males -- Married vs Single
media type="custom" key="4737669" In comparing male citizens aged 18-24, those who are married tend to vote less than their single counterparts. In years without a presidential election, the difference is less pronounced, only a few percentage points between, if that. In 1994, the turnout for married males bested that of singles, though only for that year. But for presidential election years, single males have consistently superior turnout, at times almost 10 points above hooked males.

Cumulative Relevance
Overall, these graphs agree that the older a person is, the more likely they are to go out and vote. Also, the fewer the responsibilities, the more likely they are to vote. This assumption derives from the young males, where those who are married voted at a lower rate than those without another person to take care of.