Voter Trends to Look Out for this Election
Voter Turnout: 2012 Election
Ages 18 - 29
United States
Pennsylvania
69.0%
65.1%
53.6%
registered
registered
registered
56.5%
59.1%
45.0%
voted
voted
voted
The Pennsylvania Voter
As of September 2016
National Comparison
Political Affiliation
48.3%
37.9%
13.8%
Democrat
Republican
Other
Age
20.2%
22.1%
22.1%
35.6%
18 - 29
65+
30 - 44
45 - 64
Sex
48.2%
51.8%
Male
Female
Race
84.6%
10.3%
2.1%
White
Black
Asian
3.0%
Other
How the Youth Vote
Political Leanings, 1996 - 2012
Voters aged 18 - 29
Democrat
Republican
47%
41%
1996
47%
41%
2000
2004
53%
40%
58%
33%
2008
36%
2012
54%
50%
Voter Turnout, 1996 - 2012
(in thousands)
Total population
Ages 18 - 29
Average: 121,134.2
Average: 18,912.4
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012
Voting Rate by Age, 2012
72.0%
67.9%
59.5%
National average: 56.5%
45.0%
18 - 29
30 - 44
65+
45 - 64
Sources:
U.S. Census Bureau, “Voting and Registration”
U.S. Census Bureau, “Young-Adult Voting: An Analysis of Presidential Elections, 1964–2012”
Pennsylvania Department of State, “Voting and Election Statistics”
Gallup, “Political Affiliation”
Gallup, “Young Americans' Affinity for Democratic Party Has Grown”
Rong Xiang | Online Graphics Associate
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