COVER STORY

Age

Updated: May 29, 2013 | 10:52 p.m.
October 18, 2008

Percentage who voted ...

18-29 YEAR-OLD WHITE
       Democratic   Republican
1988   39          61
1992   38          38
1996   45          41
2000   39          55
2004   44          55

18-29 YEAR-OLD NONWHITE
       Democratic   Republican
1988   81          19
1992   72          15
1996   77          15
2000   73          22
2004   73          26

AGE 65+ WHITE NONCOLLEGE MEN
       Democratic   Republican
1988   45          55
1992   51          32
1996   40          47
2000   41          56
2004   36          64

AGE 65+ WHITE NONCOLLEGE WOMEN
       Democratic   Republican
1988   50          50
1992   47          43
1996   55          39
2000   49          49
2004   51          49

This article appears in the Oct. 18, 2008, edition of National Journal.

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