Voter Turnout Analysis

In the last few decades, we have witnessed an even larger shift in voter turnout between the baby boomers and millennials. The older citizens are turning out to vote more than younger citizens especially in midterm years. There are two main reasons for this, which absolutely need to be discussed. In addition, the effects of these two reasons in turnout provides the importance for even considering them.
Voter Turnout Effected by Many Factors: (Esp. Older vs Younger Citizens)
The first, is something termed-life cycle. This is the theory that voter turnout increases with age due, in part, to relevance of policy effects, convenience in gaining information and in the process to vote, life experience or available time.
The effect of policy on older …show more content…
Daniel Shea explains how this loss of trust effects each age group, “Unlike older generations, who seem propelled to higher levels of engagement because of their distrust, young citizens redirect their ire…” (Shea, 464) Older citizens believe that when there is a loss of trust, change can take place to reinstate such trust. For the younger generations, they have shown that when trust is absent, redirecting your focus is the way to solve these …show more content…
The first is usually how politicians run their campaigns. This means that with the older generations voting more, politicians are going to give them a disproportional amount of attention, time, money, and effort. With older citizens giving politicians more attention as well, they often are willing to give them endorsements. This makes it easier for politicians to forget about the young vote and only hit the issues the old vote are concerned about (Wayne,