1972 Election Youth Voter Turnout

The youth has constantly been characterized as lazy and unmotivated in all aspects including politics.

1972 election youth voter turnout. In the 2016 presidential election about. History of the youth vote with the ratification of the 26th amendment on july 1 1971 the voting age was lowered from 21 to 18 in the 1972 presidential election between incumbent president. In 1976 one of the first elections in which 18 year olds were able to vote 18 24 year olds made up 18 percent of all eligible voters in america but only 13 percent of the actual voters an under representation of one third.

Cnn s dana bash speaks with students on both sides of the aisle at the university of virginia about why they are voting and the general youth voter turnout for the 2020 election. In part this year s historic turn out can be attributed to such procedural changes as vote by mail and an increase in pressing issues that impact young voters. According to circle if youth voter turnout reaches a level around 55 that would put voter turnout for ages 18 29 on par with its highest level ever in 1972 the year after the voting age was lowered to 18.

Published by erin duffin mar 19 2019 this statistic illustrates the youth voter turnout in presidential elections in the united states from 1972 to 2016. The estimates show that the increase in young voters may be between 5 to 10 percentage points in 2020 when compared to 2016. Several programs to increase the rates of voting among young people such as mtv s rock the vote founded in 1990 and the vote or die initiative starting in 2004 may have marginally increased turnouts of those between the ages of 18.

Recent decades have seen increasing concern over the fact that youth voter turnout is consistently lower than turnout among older generations. How we impacted the election her campus. 13 increase in voter turnout by the 18 24 cohort from the 1972 election to the 1974 election.

Within two years of the election both nixon and vice president spiro agnew resigned from office. Ever since 18 year olds were given the right to vote in 1972 youth have been under represented at the polls as of 2003. This election season we proved everyone wrong.