The Most Important Right and Responsibility of Citizens in a Democratic

question 17

Essay

The most important right and responsibility of citizens in a democratic society is voting. The bar chart below shows, for different age groups in the 2000 presidential election in the United States, the percentage of individuals in that age group who actually voted. (a) Describe in a few sentences the voting pattern that you see in the data above. (b) Some individuals argue that the reason for the current level of voting in the 18-24 year-old group is that many of them are college students and have to vote absentee. In your opinion, why would that affect the voting percentage for the 18 - 24 age-group?

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