AGE OF SUFFRAGE IN THE UNITED STATES
CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY
Regardless of Question Wording
|
For Lowering
Voting
Age
|
Against
Lowering
Age
|
Undecided
|
1939: May
|
17%
|
79%
|
4%
|
|
1943: January
April
August 17
August 24
August 24
|
39
42
52
44
48
|
52
52
42
51
46
|
9
6
6
5
6
|
|
1946: April 10
April 10
|
44
52
|
52
42
|
4
6
|
|
1947: February
|
35
|
60
|
5
|
|
1951: September
|
47
|
49
|
4
|
|
1953: July
|
63
|
31
|
6
|
|
1954: March
|
58
|
34
|
8
|
|
1965: August
|
57
|
39
|
4
|
|
BY AGE:
|
|
|
|
|
21-29 years:
1939
|
17
|
83
|
|
|
1943
|
41
|
53
|
9*
|
|
1953
|
66
|
28
|
6
|
|
30-49 years:
1939
|
17
|
83
|
|
|
1943
|
38
|
52
|
10
|
|
1953
|
63
|
32
|
5
|
|
50 years and over:
1939
|
18
|
82
|
|
|
1943
|
37
|
52
|
11
|
|
1953
|
63
Taken from H. cantril, public
|
30 7
opinion, 1935-1946, at
|
832.
|
* Does not add to 100%.
|
|
|
|
|
63
|
|
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