minute challenge

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Use the graph above to answer the following questions:

1. Which group had higher registration rates? What about voting rates? Why do you think that is?

2. What are two things you learned from this graphic?

3. What is your prediction for voter participation in future presidential elections?

Minute Challenge: Voter ParticipationWarm-Up Activity

Source: U.S. Census Bureau Current Population Survey Voting and Registration Supplement: Presidential Elections 1980–2020 <www.census.gov/topics/public-sector/voting.html>

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Female turnout

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Note: Estimates are based on the citizen voting-age population, which is anyone age 18 and older who is also a citizen.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey Voting and Registration Supplement: Presidential Elections 1980–2020, <www.census.gov/topics/public-sector/voting.html>.

Participation in Presidential Elections by Sex Since 1980