Re:Inside a Failed Silicon Valley Attempt to Reinvent Politics
by jsoc815 on Friday September 21, 2018 @12:46AM
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1) I'm just a messenger relaying what I heard the man say. But let me clarify, "of the total vote."
2) I hate you for making me have to track down and listen to the clip again.[1] (j/k)
3a) On the “Turnout Rates: Age” graph, the 18-29 demo consistently has the lowest turnout of all groups for each year measured.
3b) I count 8 cycles > 20% and 8 <= 20%. No other group is has similarly low numbers.
4) From the link you provided: "Pollsters have long noted that poll respondents overstate their voting participation."
Please let me know if I’m misunderstanding something here.
That doesn't seem to be the case, as best I can tell. This is site shows Presidential election years with a ~40% turnout, and mid-terms at about half that: http://www.electproject.org/home/voter-turnout/demographics
Interestingly, the seasonality of the 18-29 voters is much greater than that of other age groups - half as many show up for mid-terms. Compare that to the 60+ age group, where ~70% vote on PE years and ~55-70% vote during midterms.