Across all the school - board and bond elections, the median difference in
turnout rates between these teachers and ordinary citizens is just 7 percent, which could be simply due to social class.
The median difference in
turnout rates between them and the teachers who live in their own districts is just 4 percent, which is stunningly small given the underlying differences in social class.
Not exact matches
New York's younger voters — those
between 18 and 29 — had a voter
turnout rate of 42 percent, lower than the national average as well.
Anyone curious about why Stephen Harper's Conservatives seem so eager to please older voters need only consider the following data from Statistics Canada: In 2011, the voter
turnout rate was about 50 per cent among people aged 18 to 24, a few percentage points higher among 25 - to 34 - year - olds, but leapt to 70 per cent for 45 - to 54 - year - olds, and crested at a remarkable 82 per cent among potential voters
between 65 and 74.