Political Participation differs by age, people between the ages of 35 and 65 are the most politically active. At the stage in life people are more likely than younger people to have established homes, hold steady jobs and be settled into communities and those with stable community roots often have strong incentives and greater resources for becoming involved in politics. Politics has traditionally been a male domain that many women have found unwelcoming and even hostile. Women now tend to vote more frequently than men, since 1986 women have exceeded men’s turnout rate in presidential elections. Participation differs among members of racial and ethnic groups as well. Specific patterns of participation are associated with blacks, Latinos and
