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Turnout
Only 61.4% of the population voted in the 2016 presedential election
Millennial voter turnout increased by 4.4% in the 2016 election
Voting History
The 26th Amendment passed in 1971 to lower the voting age from 21 to 18
The 19th Amendment passed in 1920 granted women the right to vote
Prison & Voting
Felon Disenfranchisement laws have led to 6 million people losing the right to vote
7.4% of the black population is disenfranchised versus just 1.4% of non-African Americans
Race & Votng
Voting Rights Act of 1965 eliminated racist voting practices in the South.
Black voter turnout fell from 66.6% to 59.6% from 2012 in 2016
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