by Mark Hugo Lopez, Karlo Barrios Marcelo, and Emily Hoban Kirby
June 2007
This fact sheet uses new data from the 2006 Current Population Survey, November Supplement, to determine the youth voter turnout in the 2006 midterm election. The data confirm early estimates by CIRCLE that 10.8 million young Americans voted in the 2006 midterm elections. The voter turnout rate was 25.5 percent in 2006, up 3 percentage points from the last midterm election in 2002. Also, this fact sheet includes information on voter turnout trend lines, voter turnout by demographic variables, voter turnout by state, and partisanship.
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Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement
Thank you for giving us this statistics. I found your investigation very intresting and useful to me.But here we see that the population of the age 30 is much more active than the youth.
I’m happy that there is such an increase in voting, you anylisis sounds promissing that one day we will see all 100 percent of the youth going the voting boxes… I wish you success, continue to work like this!
Thank you for this analysis. I’m student of sociological department. I need such surveys for my diploma. I think I can take this subject for the basis.Keep up your work.
Through this analysis I can conclude that more youth now are eagerly participating and want to participate the so called the gift of democracy
Thank you for this information. You have done a great job. So many figures, everything is so exactly. Now we can see all demografic picture of the alection.Thank you for highlighting this. Keep up your work.
really very useful information, thank you, I wish you continued good sharing.
This is the digital millennium, and information is literally in the air. The free flow of information is absolutely critical to a democratic society. The University of Florida is a place of learning. Let’s not suffocate ourselves by depriving us of knowledge.
That excellent, a higher youth voter turnout means theres finally less political apathy amongst youngsters - remains to be seen how this plays out on bloglines world cup.
Youth voters participation is very very essential for the progress & development of a nation,so it’s a good sign for us that youths are more active in voting system.
Thank you for this analysis. I’m student of sociological department. I need such surveys for my diploma. I think I can take this subject for the basis.Keep up your work
Through this analysis I can conclude that more youth now are eagerly participating and want to participate the so called the gift of democracy…
Thank you for this analysis because I’m student of sociological department and I need such surveys for my diploma. I think I can take this subject for the basis. Keep up your work.
thx blog
I think we’ll start to see a much bigger increase in youth voter turnout due to the heated political debates like global warming, energy, racial profiling going on nowadays.
I’m glad to see that youth voter turnout is up. To be honest, I didn’t vote till I was 23 or so and it was because I didn’t know how or care to find out. Now though I think we are being educated much more, as simple as it is, on how to register and have your voice heard.
Youth voters participation is very very essential for the progress & development of a nation,so it’s a good sign for us that youths are more active in voting system.
Hopefully this trend continues in future elections.
Youth is the main key of the development of any country.This very interesting to see that youth vaters are increasing very fast.
they are responsibile for build up the country.
I’m not from the United States but I am looking for these tendencies which provide the changes in the traditional high school. Thank you very much for this experience.
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It is really important for the young people to step up and vote for the election.
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To be honest, I didn’t vote till I was 23 or so and it was because I didn’t know how or care to find out. Now though I think we are being educated much more, as simple as it is, on how to register and have your voice heard.
I like democracy but democracy fails when majority is ignorant.So some times ignorant people really a hurdle in implementing democratic dream.
I think we’ll see more and more young voters come out. The internet generation likes to have their say!
Nice graph. I think youth is the main key of the development of any country
It is vital that the youth feel engaged with the political system.
Feel as if one mans voice can make a difference
I didn’t vote till I was 23 or so and it was because I didn’t know how or care to find out.
I don’t vote that often either. I would have voted for Obama but I’m Canadian
In Canada there’s nobody worth voting for.
Nice research! I am sure politicians would find this very helpful to predict if they have a chance of winning or nor. But then, I guess you also need to update your info to reflect the latest data.
It was very helpful graph. Thanks for your great blog.
I have always voted in pretty much every election. There was one or two state contests where I really didn’t care who won; so I sat those out. It is good to see that there is an upward trend in eligible people actually getting out and voting - that’s the way the system is supposed to work.
Nice research! I am sure politicians would find this very helpful to predict if they have a chance of winning or nor. But then, I guess you also need to update your info to reflect the latest data.I have always voted in pretty much every election. There was one or two state contests where I really didn’t care who won; so I sat those out. It is good to see that there is an upward trend in eligible people actually getting out and voting - that’s the way the system is supposed to work.