In the United States, what percentage of US citizens register to vote
for the first time after the age of 21, 25, and 30?

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Request for Question Clarification by googlenut-ga on 16 Apr 2004 19:30 PDT

Hello ohioroundtable-ga,

I have not been able to find the specific data that you are looking for.

However, I have found a source, which provides the following information:

 - The percentage of American adults under age 30 who:

       - first registered to vote at age 18
       - first registered between the ages of 19 and 21
       - first registered at age 22 or older.

 - The percentage of American people 25 to 29 who are now registered to vote who:

       - first registered at age 18
       - first registered at age 19
       - first registered between the ages of 20 ? 21
       - first registered at age 22 or older.


If this information would be helpful to you, please let me know and I
will post it as the answer.

Googlenut

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Clarification of Question by ohioroundtable-ga on 19 Apr 2004 11:47 PDT

I need this stat to point out how important it is for US citizens to
register to vote before age 25. What I am assuming is that a low
percentage of citizens register to vote for the first time after they
turn 25. (This percentage should not include change of address
requests or absentee ballot numbers.)

Here is an example for clarification purposes. If the total poulation
of the USA were 10 individuals of which only 5 registered to vote. 3
of those 5 registered before they turned the age of 25. The other 2
individuals registered at age 30. In this example the percentage I
would be looking for is 20%, since only 2 individuals of the 10
citizens registered after the age of 30.

Please make sure that your statistics do not include change of
addresses since this would have an unfavorable bias on the
information. I need only first time registration.

I hope this makes sense. Please let me know if you need more clarification.

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Request for Question Clarification by googlenut-ga on 19 Apr 2004 12:20 PDT

Hello ohioroundtable-ga, 

The source that I have found includes the following statement:

?Getting young people registered to vote as soon as they reach legal
voting age is critical. The great majority of people aged 18 to 29 who
are now registered to vote say they first registered at age 18. Voter
registration can be regarded as another rite of passage to adulthood,
like getting a driver?s license. Those who register in early adulthood
become much harder to draw into the voting process later on. Only 4%
of registered voters now aged 25 to 29 say they waited until they were
over the age of 21 to register for the first time. Three-quarters
(77%) of registered voters in this age group say they first registered
to vote at age 18.?


This source also provides detailed information on how the data was acquired.


Would this meet your needs?

Googlenut

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Clarification of Question by ohioroundtable-ga on 19 Apr 2004 13:01 PDT

googlenut

The information you provided appears to be similar to a Princeton
survey that I have from Declare Yourself. Actually, this is what led
me to find the hard facts.

This information is helpful but doesnt really answer my question. Let
me know if it is the best info out there. I have yet to find anything
else.

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Request for Question Clarification by googlenut-ga on 19 Apr 2004 13:31 PDT

Hello ohioroundtable-ga, 

Yes, it is the Princeton survey, from Declare Yourself.

DeclareYourself.com
Pressroom
http://www.declareyourself.com/press/pressroom.htm


Unfortunately, I have not been able to find any better information.
I?m sorry I wasn?t able to be of assistance.

Your question will remain open; perhaps another researcher will be
able to find better information.

Good Luck.

Googlenut