Cothran+and+Hendarto

This is a comparison between years since 1972, and compares total voters of all ages, sexes, and races. Every set has a pair, the red is presidential elections, and blue is non presidential elections. The most obvious reason for this is because most people only care who their president is. Most people don't realize that the person that represents their county probably has a much more influence on their lives.

This graph represents 18-24 year old voters vs. 25+ year old voters. The red represents the 25+ while the blue represents the 18-24. The highs and the lows represent presidential elections and midterm elections. This keeps the classical image of young adults not voting. I would presume that the reasons for this is that the elderly(25+) are much more likely to want to take advantage of their rights, and as they get into the working world and start to worry about aging, health care, and taxes, they want to choose the right people.



This graph represents how many women vs. men voted from 1972 to 2004. The red represents women and the blue represents men. The highs represent presidential elections while the lows represents non presidential elections. From looking at the graph, you can pull a lot of assumptions with this, specifically at the very left side of the graph, 1972, men actually voted more, and after each election, the men get progressively less compared to women. There are many reasons that this could be. One, is that there are more women in the US than men, but these are based off percentages and not actual numbers. Women might be more likely to take advantage of their rights, because some of them are somewhat recent. It breaks the traditional image of men being more political than women.