In a time of declining voter participation, studies have increasingly sought to understand its causes as well as understand why and how voter participation varies by age, gender and ethnicity. In doing so researchers have uncovered that ninety-three years after the passage of the nineteenth amendment, voter participation in woman surpasses that of men. According to the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), the proportion of women who both voted and registered has been higher than that of men in every presidential election since that of 1980 (2015). This trend remained after accounting for other factors, such as age, race, and level of education (CAWP 2015). Researches have conducted studies to try to identify the factors that have led to this gender gap in voting.
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Most of these studies have concluded that the observed difference in voter participation are likely the result of differences in employment, education, socialization experiences, and the genders representation in
Most of these studies have concluded that the observed difference in voter participation are likely the result of differences in employment, education, socialization experiences, and the genders representation in