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Originally Posted by maleficent
18 - 21 year olds could have a huge voice, if they opted to use it.
based on Census records from the 2000 election (I don't have the link, I just have a spreadsheet that I pulled last.
45.4 percent of all 18 -24 year olds were registed to vote
32.3 percent of those registered voters actually voted.
Just for a comparison on that
73.6 percent of all 55 -64 year olds were registered to vote
66.8 percent of those registered voters actually voted.
18 -21 year olds aren't oppressed, they aren't fulfilling thier obligation to vote. Senior citizens actually do vote.. .who do you think the politicians will listen to?
I'm not sure what the numbers are like for 2004, but I'm betting they aren't much different.
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Yea but there's a lot more people in the 22-100 age brackets than in the 18-21 bracket. So even if they did vote they would have to go up against everyone else. And because everyone else isnt subject to the types of laws they are they don't care becauseit doesn't effect them. Until the "no drinking" age ispushed to 30, people ages 22-30 don't give a rat's ass what happens to those younger than them.