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Jordan Young and Jefferson Cauvin What the following graph shows is the voting turnout rate from the elections of 1972-04 of females 30 years of age and up with less then a high school education vs. females 30 and up who have completed high school in its entirety. These numbers pertaining to the women’s votes are percentages, due to the fact that these are the females represented out of all females who voted in that election. In the legend, the blue represents the females with less than a high school education, and red represents the females that are high school graduates. As you can see at each new presidential election, females with a high school education out voted the females without one. For both of the groups there was almost a pattern in the percentage of female voters, one election the voting turnout would be higher then the next, it would decline a little, and then go up again. This was more common in the turnout rates of women with a high school education.

The following graph shows the percentage of voters from the ages of 18-29, who voted that had some college experience to those with no college experience. This accounts for both male and female voters from the presidential elections of 1972-2004. The blue represents those without college experience, and the red represents those with some college experience. Once again we see that those with a higher level of education out voted those with a lower level of education. As each term passed, college+ people voting percentages were almost double of those of those of college- people. Both groups inclined and declined in percentages in the same voting years. College educational students 18-29 percentages of voters never fell bellow the 50 percentile, in which non-college educated voters never reached the 50 percentile or above.

Here the graph is comparing the number of votes casted in the midterm elections of 1972-02, from those of age 18-24. The red represents voters from the ages of 18-24 and green represents voters who are 30+ years of age. From the start those 30 and up out voted those 18-24 by almost five times. The numbers of those 18-24 declines over each midterm election, while the numbers of voters of the ages 30+ are increasing up until the 7th midterm election, in which the numbers drop and then recover to be the highest between the 8 elections.

This graph is comparing the percentage of voters 30 years old and up that voted in the midterm elections to those 18-24 who voted in the presidential election. Red are those who voted in the presidential election and blue are those who voted in the midterm election. It’s clear that the older age group outvoted the younger age group. But the more interesting thing is that the 30+ year olds voted in the midterm elections where as the younger people voted in the more popular election, which is the presidential election. The numbers of the 30+ year olds out weighed those of the younger people who voted in the presidential elections. I guess one could say that the older age group was more interested in what their representatives could do than just the U.S president.

For the graph above, the number of total votes cast in each presidential election compared to the total citizens able to vote were recorded. Obviously, the total votes cast is never even near equal with the total citizens. As indicated by the graph, in each presidential election the total votes cast is only around 60% of the citizens during that election period. This tells us that more than half of our country has been active in voting over the years, but still we could have better turn out.

After looking closely at the data displayed on each of the graphs above multiple conclusions can be drawn. It’s clear to most who have some knowledge about voting, that those older, tend to vote more then those younger. In other words those 30 years of age and up are more likely to vote then those who are 18 or 19. Multiple reasons can be behind this but there is no exact reason fully. But one could say that 30 year olds are more likely to be more prioritizing then those who are 18. One can also take into consideration that those with a higher level of education, will tend to out vote those with a lower level of education. More education leads to more knowledge gain, and more questions one has about the world in which we live in and how it’s run. Little education or much education, most people tend to vote more in the presidential elections over the midterm elections all because the names and people play a greater role in how things are ran in our country.
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