What does data provided in the textbook tell us about voting behavior by ethnicity, age, and gender? Who is more apt to vote in each of these categories? Who is least likely to vote? Why?

What will be an ideal response?

Young-adult voting-eligible Americans vote at lower rates than members of older generations. The reason for this is a consistently growing lack of political efficacy among young-adult voters in which people begin to believe their vote does not matter. While we see younger adults staying away from the polls, we also observe much higher levels of nontraditional political participation, particularly in the area of protests and social movements. Voting turnout is also highly correlated with racial and ethnic identity, with age once again playing a major role. The group of individuals least likely to participate in the voting process is young Latinos/Latinas aged 18–34, with African American youth leading this group by 10% but still falling woefully behind older white voters. With regard to gender, women tend to vote slightly ahead of men but, again, age plays an important role, with younger women demonstrating much lower turnout rates than their older counterparts.