Voting Patterns
Voting Patterns Article XXIV, Section 1 of the United States Constitution says, “The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.” If voting is such a “privilege” then why don’t more Americans exercise it? Three ways to view elections is to look at why people vote, who voted, and their voting behavior. ... The same pattern is seen in voting habits as well. ... In some countries voting turnout can be as high as 99%. In the past 2002 senate election in New Jersey only 44%of the voting public actually voted. ... In the studies white and black voters vote more than Latino voters, the south has a very low voting rate, the young and the very old do not vote, high income workers and people with a college education vote more often, and how often people attend religious services is directly correlated to voting habits.