Pinard+Graphs

This chart displays the information pertaining to the amount of youths that voted in the Presidential Elections from years 1972-2004. The percentage of youth voters never gets above 25% which shows that a majority of the voters were above the age of 29. From the first data point on the graph which shows that 24.2% of the voters were youth(18-29), the number of youth voters only goes down until the last data point which is 16%, showing that the younger voters had less interest in the presidential elections as time went on.

The second chart on voter data during the Presidential elections shows the number of people who voted in comparison to the U.S. citizens who were eligible to vote. The first data line shows the amount of citizens who were able to vote, this number increases through the years finally topping out at 197,005,360 in the year 2004. The other line shows the amount of people who casted votes in these elections and it grows just like the number of citizens until the year 1996 when the number of voters fell over 8,800,000. After that decrease the numbers start to grow again and in the 2000 election the voters count rose over 5,800,000 and continued to increase in the next election. Throughout the entire time charted the number of citizens has always been more than the voters, but as time passed the gap between citizens and voters got larger. This graph shows the percent of males(18-24) who voted in presidential elections in comparison to all of the male (18-24) citizens. The different lines show the different races that were used in gathering this data. Overall the white men had a larger percentage of votes cast with African American men in the middle and the Hispanic men following up last. The percentages fluctuation a lot over time and there are a few years that the number of White and African American voters almost meet like in 1984, 1988 and 2000. Hispanic males seem to have a lower turnout rate overall and the only time they are close to the African American voter percentage is in 1976 and there is one percent lower than the others. This graph is a continuation of the previous graph, it shows the White, African American and Hispanic male voters from age 25 and up. All of the data lines stay in their own space and do not get very close to each other. Just like in the previous graph the White males are in the lead with African Americans and then Hispanics following up. The percentages of voters are a lot higher in each of the groups never falling below 53%.

The last graph displays the percentage of voters who were women ages 18-24 in comparison to their marital status. In all of the presidential elections the young women who were single went out and voted more than the married ones did. Both married and single women had a very similar trend and got closer to the same percentage towards the end from 1988 to 2000.

These graphs have shown the differences in the way people vote. The data insinuates that the older people vote more than the youths no matter what race or sex they are. It also shows that the people who tend to be less busy, like the single women and younger citizens, vote less than people who may have full time jobs like the population that is above the age of 25. I feel that they do not show very much control over the government since a lot of people are not voting. I think that a lot of people complain about the way that the government is run but when it comes down to it they do not go out and vote to make a difference.