There has been a downward trend in voter turnout in presidential elections starting at the 1896 election. Voter turnout has yet to reach its 1876 high point. Discuss changes in voting eligibility standards and how these affected voter turnout

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An ideal response will:
1. Discuss the Fifteenth, Nineteenth, Twenty-Fourth, and Twenty-Sixth Amendments, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and define who was allowed to vote.
2. Discuss voter turnout and populations that are most likely to vote in elections, that is, older voters participate more than younger voters; more educated voters participate more than less educated voters. The more citizens become eligible to vote, the more likely are lower turnout rates. If the same amount of older, educated voters go to the polls and younger and less educated voters are included in elections, the ratio of voter turnout goes down..