Amendment 26

Amendment XXVI

Section 1.

The right of citizens of the United States, who are 18 years of age or older, to vote, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of age.

Section 2.

The Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.




Voting Statistics:

Statistic Verification

Source: U.S Census Bureau : Voting and Registration

Date Verified: 2.6.2012

Voter Registration Statistics	Data
Total number of Americans eligible to vote	206,072,000
Total number of Americans registered to vote	146,311,000
Total number of Americans who voted in the 2008 Presidential election	131,144,000
Percent of Americans who voted in the 2008 Presidential election	64 %
State with the highest voter turnout rate (Minnesota)	75 %
State with the lowest voter turnout rate (Utah)	53.1 %
Voter Registration by Demographics	Percent
Male	69.1
Female	72.8
White	73.5
Black	69.7
Asian	55.3
Hispanic	59.4
Age 18 to 24	58.5
Age 25 to 34	66.4
Age 35 to 44	69.9
Age 45 to 54	73.5
Age 55 to 64	76.6
Age 65 to 74	78.1
Age 75 or older	76.6
Less than high school graduate	50.5
High school graduate	64.1
Some college	75.3
Bachelor’s degree	81.2
Advanced degree	85.8
Income less than $20,000	63.7
$20,000 to $29,999	67.1
$30,000 to $39,999	71.1
$40,000 to $49,999	72.6
$50,000 to $74,999	78.2
$75,000 to $99,999	81.9
$100,000 and over	79.6
Owns home	74.5
Rents home	60.1
Top Reasons Cited for Not Voting
Too busy conflicting schedule	17.5
Illness or disability	14.9
Not interested	13.4
Did not like candidates or campaign issues	12.9
Other	11.3
Out of town	8.8
Don’t know	7
Registration problems	6
Inconvienient polling place	2.7
Transportation problems	2.6
Forgot	2.6
Bad weather	0.2

 

From seeing the stats do you feel as though the youth are taking advantage of their opportunity to take part in their government?

Why or why not?

 

 

 

How can we as a people raise the percentage of votes across the different demographics that are low?