Go to this site to answer the questions below: http://www.census.gov/prod/2006pubs/p20-556.p

1. What percentage of Americans voted in the 2004 presidential election?  2000?

2.  Who has a higher rate of voting participation, men or women?

3.  Which racial or ethnic groups have the highest rates of voter participation?

4.  Which age group has the highest levels of voter participation?

5.  Describe the relationship between educational attainment and voter participation

6.  Who tends to vote more, households with lower incomes or those with higher incomes

7.  Why might employed citizens vote in higher numbers than unemployed citizens?

8.  In what regions of the United States do you find the highest voter turnout?

9.  In what regions do you find the lowest voter turnout?

10.  According to the data in the graph, what state had the highest voting-age citizen population to vote?

11.  What state has the lowest percentage of voting-age citizen population who voted

12.  What percentage of voters in California in the 2004 election?

13.  What are the top five reasons American give for not voting?

14.  Give two ideas for improving voter turnout in the United States: