1. Voter Turnout in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Mexico Lisa Kucharczk

2. What are the variables that affect voter turnout and how does voter turnout affect the United States, the United Kingdom, and Mexico? “Unanswerable” Question

3. Inspiration A.P. Comparative Government class Interest in politics Possible political science major

4. Plurality Vote on individual candidates running in single member districts; candidate with most votes wins Proportional Representation Vote for parties in multimember districts; seats divided among parties based on percentage of votes won Mixed Individuals and parties run for office in single- member and multi-member districts

5. Voter Turnout Gauges political participation Has implications towards the state of government Affected by many factors Electoral systems Registration process Political culture

6. Mexico All adults required to vote President elected directly Bicameral legislature Mixture of election types Party caps Mexican Presidential Elections Year%Total VAP to Vote 200663.26 200059.99 199465.89 198841.96 198265.85 197657.59 197063.36 196456.59

7. The United Kingdom Three-part parliament 650 members of the House of Commons Prime minister is elected by party, not people U.K. General Elections Year%Total VAP to Vote 201065.1 200561.4 200159.4 199771.4 199277.7 198775.3 198372.7 197976

8. The United States Bicameral legislature Presidential elections Electoral College U.S.A. Presidential Elections Year%Total VAP to Vote 200443.6 200038.9 199636.5 199239.0 198834.7 198437.8 198063.36 197656.59

9. Factors Affecting Turnout Lack of political integrity Negative campaigning Low political efficacy Election predictions Infrastructure Election Issue Voters Prevented or Discouraged from Voting Voter Registration Issues 3 million Disenfranchisement of Ex- Offenders 1 million Election Equipment or Ballot Design 3-500,000 Unnecessarily Long Lines and other Fixable Poll Procedures 250,000 Voters with Disabilities 1-1.5 million Problems with Receiving, Returning, or Counting Mail-in Ballots 200,000 TOTAL “LOST” VOTES Over 8 million

10. Increasing Turnout Sense of Civic Duty Non- traditional Voting Election Timing Legislative Action

11. Project Action Review for A.P. Government exam Political participation 40 attendees Petition on whitehouse.gov Make Election Day a national holiday

12. Project Action Alexa Smithwrick “I was really impressed by Lisa’s PowerPoint. I feel much more ready for my A.P. Government exam.” Austin Sutton “I enjoyed the PowerPoint because it was professional and I think her project topic was original.” Rachael Njuki “I signed Lisa’s petition because it was informative about an issue that I had never really thought of before.”

13. Questions? Works Cited