Who votes and who doesn't?

Who votes and who doesn't?

This is a real sad thing. Voting turnout in the United States is not very high. Of course, there are some elections in some areas where it's incredibly high, but generally, it's not that high compared to other areas of the world. We do not have mandatory voting as some states do. We don't put the fear into our citizens if they don't vote that something bad is going to happen to them. That's in some areas. So, it's really up to you whether you want to vote or not. But, the turnout has been--the presidential turnouts, of course, are higher than any other election, but they're just a little over fifty percent of the eligible voters in the United States, which to me is very sad, and, of course, who votes? The better educated, the older the person is, the more chance that person will go to vote, and, of course, the different ethnic groups vote in different percentages; some vote very high, some have very low turnout. I don't claim to know why. And the very sad thing about it is the people that the laws effect the most--the young people who are going to be around for a long time--they are going to have to live in this world. The eighteen to twenty-one year olds vote thirty percent generally; one-third of them come out to vote, which is something we should continue to ask ourselves, "why"?