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WAYS & MEANS
Youth Vote Is Low, but on the Upswing
Fewer than half of U.S. citizens ages 18 to 24 voted in the last presidential election, while nearly three-quarters of those ages 55 and older did, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
The good news about the youth vote is that the 47-percent rate of voting among the 18-to-24 age group in 2004 represented an increase of 11 percentage...
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