New data makes it clear: Nonvoters handed Trump the presidency – Washington Post – 8/9/18
about 30 percent of Americans were eligible to vote but decided not to, a higher percentage than the portion of the country who voted for either Trump or his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton.
- Pew’s data shows that almost half of the nonvoters were nonwhite
- two-thirds were under age 50.
- More than half of those who didn’t vote earned less than $30,000 a year;
- more than half of those who did vote were over age 50.
An examination of the 2016 electorate, based on validated voters – Pew Research Center – 8/9/18
Why people don’t vote, and what to do about it: U.S. voter turnout is low compared to other developed countries. Here are some reasons why – Science News – 11/4/16
The single biggest predictor of whether or not people will vote, Burden says, is education level, which has direct and indirect effects on voting. “People are more likely to vote if they have information about the candidates and the process of voting, higher levels of income and education, find themselves living and working in networks of other people who vote,” he says. “Other people who are disadvantaged in those ways are much less likely.”
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