November (Voting) Supplement, 2000-2006. Based solely on the data in this table, which of the following is a true statement about the voting behavior of 18- to 29-year-olds?

1. They are more likely to vote in midterm elections than presidential elections.
2. They are less likely to vote in midterm elections than presidential elections.
3. Their voter turnout rate is lower than the general population.
4. Their voter turnout rate is higher than the general population.

Looking at the Population Survey, November (Voting) Supplement, 2000-2006 table, we can see that in 2000, 40% of 18-29-year-olds voted in the presidential election, while in 2004, 49% of young people voted. If we compare with the years 2002 and 2006 of the midterm elections (22% and 25%), we can conclude that young people voted more in the presidential elections during those years.

Moreover, when we compare the percentage of votes of young people with the rest of the population, we conclude that young people have the lowest percentage of votes.

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Answer: The answer is 3 Their voter turnout rate is lower than the general population

Explanation:

Political participation refers to the involvement of citizen of a country in the formulation and implementation of policies for the governance and their participation in the choice of their leaders. Political participation can comes in the form of involvement in campaign, voting during elections , holding political offices, analysing political issues, contesting election,supporting candidate during election,and so on.

The participation of all the eligible voters in the voting process helps to legitimize the government in power, as it gives the government necessary support and mandate to govern the country on behalf of the people. It also helps to make the government responsible and accountable to the citizenry. This is because political active citizenry can easily vote out leader who do not perform to their expectations. In addition, political participation also helps to create political awareness in people and make them participate in the making of government programme.

However, political aparty is the lack of voters turnout during the election to elect the leaders at various level of government. It may be as a result of lack of interest in the voting process, it may be as a result of the fact that the politicians do not carry them along in the scheme of things or they do not have any faith in the ability of the politicians to solve the problems facing the country. The young people fall into the categories of those who has a high rate of voters aparty because they believe that the politicians has failed them. In the sense that, the politicians over the years has failed to meet up with their expectations by finding a solution to most of the problems confronting the nation particularly as it concern the youth such as unemployment