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SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS

 
Yes,
No,
No answer,

 
 
For,
Against,
Don't know,

 
 
Favor
Oppose
No opinion

Would you favor or oppose lowering the
 
 
 
 
 
 

voting age limit so that persons 18, 19
 
 
 
 
 
 

and 20 years old could vote in elections?
 
 
 
 
 
 

(GALLUP)
 
 
 
 
 
 

1953: July 4
 
 
 
 
 
 

By education:
 
 
 
 
 
 

College
60%
38%
2%

High school
61
32
7

Grade school
68
24
8

By age:
 
 
 
 
 
 

21-29 years
66
28
6

30-49 years
63
32
5

50 years and over
63
30
7

By political preference:
 
 
 
 
 
 

Democrats
63
30
7

Republicans
62
33
5

Independents
66
28
6

1954: March 5
 
 
 
 
 
 

Adults
58
34
8

18, 19 and 20-year-olds
64
31
5

Do you think that persons 18, 19 and 20
 
 
 
 
 
 

years old should be permited to vote, or
 
 
 
 
 
 

not? (GALLUP)
 
 
 
 
 
 

1965: August 25
57
39
4

62
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

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