Measuring Voter Turnout Disparities in Presidential and Non-Presidential Elections: Class, Age, and Race Trends, 2008–2022

• In Event: New Data for understanding Demographic Bias in Turnout

Brief Overview

Although non-presidential elections generally see lower overall turnout, this decline disproportionately amplifies disparities in class, age, and race, rather than affecting all groups equally.

Authors

• Bang Quan Quan Zheng, University of Texas at Austin

• Bailey Inglish, University of Texas at Austin

• Mark Strama, University of Texas at Austin