Voter Turnout How can voter turnout across demographic groups influence the outcome of elections?

Vocabulary demographic: a particular sector of the population electorate: all the people in a place or country who can vote legally in an election exit poll: a poll of people leaving a polling place where they are asked how they voted compulsory voting: a system in which voters are required by law to vote in elections

Warm-up Come up with at least 2 reasons (more, if you can) why an eligible voter wouldn’t vote in an election.

Guiding Questions Reflect on the information and data you explored: What stood out? What surprised you? What did you expect? What did you learn about the election from digging deeper into the voter turnout data? Do you think increasing voter turnout would have changed the outcome of this election? Why or why not? In some countries, voting is compulsory. Do you think Americans should be legally required to vote? Why or why not? Given the reasons for why voters may not choose to vote on Election Day (brainstormed at the beginning of class), what are some other ways of increasing voter turnout (other than making voting compulsory)?