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Which group has the lowest voter-participation rate? African Americans young adults women military personnel

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Answered by huntertaylor2005
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Answer:

B

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Answered by dishakm888
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The lowest turnout occurs among young individuals, but as a person becomes older, turnout rises to a high at age 50 and then declines once more. Youth have been underrepresented in the voting population as of 2003 since since 18-year-olds were granted the right to vote in 1972.

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  • The age group of voters in the United States between the ages of 18 and 24 is known as the youth vote. Numerous policy sectors, such as those related to education and the juvenile justice system, have an especially negative impact on American adolescents.
  • 18 to 24 year old's accounted up 18 percent of all eligible voters in America in 1976, one of the first elections where voters under the age of 18 were allowed to cast ballots, but only 13 percent actually cast ballots, constituting a one-third underrepresentation.  
  • Youth participation was 50% underrepresented in the following election in 1978. Twenty percent fewer young people than the general population cast ballots in the 1996 presidential election (seven out of ten).  
  • Only 5% of the 13 % of young people in America who were eligible to vote did so in 1998. 36 percent of young people participated in the close presidential election of 2000, while 47 percent of American teenagers cast ballots in 2004, which was dubbed the "banner year in the history of youth voting."
  • Democratic primary contests for In certain states, the number of young voters more than tripled or even quadrupled in the 2008 U.S. presidential election compared to the 2004 vote. Barack Obama discussed the role that young people played in his presidential campaign in 2008, in addition to voter participation.

The type of election (e.g., presidential or midterm) and the level of competition in the race are other factors that affect voter turnout. The number of voters in a jurisdiction who are of voting age (18 years or older).

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