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AGE OF SUFFRAGE IN THE UNITED STATES

 
Yes,
No,
No answer,

 
 
For,
Against,
Don't know,

 
 
Favor
Oppose
No opinion

Would you favor lowering the voting age
 
 
 
 
 
 

limit so that persons eighteen, nineteen,
 
 
 
 
 
 

and twenty years old could vote in elec-
 
 
 
 
 
 

tions? (GALLUP)
 
 
 
 
 
 

1943: August 17
52%
42%
6%

By geographic region:
 
 
 
 
 
 

New England and Mid-Atlantic
53
41
6

East central
50
45
5

West central
50
45
5

South
52
40
8

Far West
53
40
7

Would you favor lowering the voting age
 
 
 
 
 
 

limit so that persons eighteen, nineteen,
 
 
 
 
 
 

and twenty years old could vote in elec-
 
 
 
 
 
 

tions? (GALLUP)
 
 
 
 
 
 

1943: August 24
44
51
5

1946: April 10
44
52
4

Would you like your Congressman to vote
 
 
 
 
 
 

for or against the proposed amendment to
 
 
 
 
 
 

allow persons eighteen, nineteen, and
 
 
 
 
 
 

twenty years old to vote? (GALLUP)
 
 
 
 
 
 

1943: August 24
48
46
6

1946: April 10
52
42
6

Would you favor or oppose lowering the
 
 
 
 
 
 

voting age limit so that persons 18, 19 and
 
 
 
 
 
 

20 years old could vote in elections?
 
 
 
 
 
 

(GALLUP)
 
 
 
 
 
 

1947: February
35
60
5

1951: September
47
49
4

1953: July 4
63
31
6

 
 
 
 
 
 
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