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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
|
|
|
|
61
|
