Political Science Report: Voting Interest of Older White Adults

This report delves into the voting patterns of older white adults in the United States, examining their significance in the political landscape. The report highlights the higher voter turnout among this demographic compared to younger age groups, providing data and statistics to support this observation. It explores the factors that motivate older white adults to vote, such as the protection of their benefits, including retirement plans and healthcare. It also discusses the influence of political candidates and interest groups on this demographic, including promises of improved services and benefits. The report also touches upon the issue of political polarization and the impact of internet usage on voting behavior, and the role of political campaigns to influence and motivate the older white adults to cast their votes.

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Voting Interest in Older White Adults
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5/23/2019

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Voting Interest in Older White Adults in USA
In the presidential election of USA, the candidates more focus on the different
demographic groups of voters. In the US election, it has been seen that older aged adult
people desperate for voting and the number of voters were more than 70% in 2018 election.
While if we compare the stats with young people then it can be found that around 46% of 18-
29 year old age people votes, while this percentage is almost 68% in 2018 (Figure. 1).
Fig.1 (Source: Brandon, 2012)
The older age white people are more caring about their valuable vote because they
prefer to protect their benefits, which they receive from the federal government. The federal
government of USA provides lots of retirement benefits, health benefits, and other benefits to
the old age people. The USA federal government provides many Medicare facilities and post-
retirement benefits to the old age people that encourage them towards voting in election
(Magstadt, 2016). The another thing is that when a person shifts from one place to another
place, he must re-register to vote while the young people forget to register or they do not
want to registering at the new address. The white old age people are more likely to reside at a
single pace for the long time among their community members and influenced by same age

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voters who also vote. These things encourage them to give their votes (Boxell, Gentzkow &
Shapiro, 2017).
The political candidates in USA motivate and cultivate old age white people for
voting with various offers. The offers can be inform of health benefits, better retirement
plans, or healthcare or Medicare services in their old age. However, these political candidates
also were blamed for false promises and frauds with these types of old age people (Magstadt,
2016). The political candidate and other interest group aim to influence these people through
political system and false promises. However, these people giver their votes to the candidate
in polls because they think that the new government or existing political party or candidate
can fulfil their interest and provide all the facilities that an old age adult required after his
retirement from the services. The various interest groups, which support a particular political
party, also influence the interest of these old age people and influence them about the
political agenda and promise of the political party.

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References
Boxell, L., Gentzkow, M., & Shapiro, J. M. (2017). Greater Internet use is not associated
with faster growth in political polarization among US demographic
groups. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(40), 10612-10617.
Brandon. E. (2012). Why Older Citizens are More Likely to vote [online]. Retrieve from:
https://money.usnews.com/money/retirement/articles/2012/03/19/why-older-citizens-
are-more-likely-to-vote
Magstadt, T. M. (2016). Understanding politics: Ideas, institutions, and issues. (12th ed.)
Boston, USA: Cengage Learning.