January 28, 2018 Civics Voting Mary Schick (Brown)

Civics 101 January 28, 2019 Voting

Voting is How we decide together about laws spending money who to lead us who will make decisions on our behalf

First election for President Civics 101 January 28, 2019 First election for President Voting

Tribal Decision Making Civics 101 January 28, 2019 Tribal Decision Making Voting

Civics 101 January 28, 2019 The Right to Vote Voting

Civics 101 January 28, 2019 Voting

Voter Participation in Washington Civics 101 January 28, 2019 Voter Participation in Washington Year % of Eligible Registered (Est.) % of Registered Voting % of Eligible Voting Presidential 1952 90.81 80.17 72.80 2000 76.37 75.46 57.62 2008 72.45 84.61 61.30 2016 76.83 78.76 60.77 Mid-Term 1958 80.73 71.15 57.44 2002 71.03 56.35 40.02 2010 69.93 71.24 49.82 2014 72.95 54.16 39.51 2018 71.83 Voting

Clark County Turnout Election Year Primary Turnout General Turnout Civics 101 January 28, 2019 Clark County Turnout Election Year Primary Turnout General Turnout 2018 36.03% 69.51 2017 19.93% 30.89% 2016 30.62% 77.25% 2014 28.61% 54.16% 2010 38.99% 71.24% Voting

Cowlitz County Turnout Civics 101 January 28, 2019 Cowlitz County Turnout Election Year Primary Turnout General Turnout 2018 40.48% 69.88 2017 20.23% 36.35% 2016 32,36% 75.47% 2014 32.81% 55.16% 2010 39.65% 68.37% Voting

Who is Voting? Female, Married & Older people are more likely to vote 40-73% of Eligible voters Who is Voting? Why people don’t vote: 14% Too busy 15% Not interested 12% Illness of Disability 25% Didn’t like Candidates or issues 3% Forgot