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Older Voters and the 2004 Election

Author(s) -

Robert H. Binstock

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

the gerontologist

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524

H-Index - 138

eISSN - 1758-5341

pISSN - 0016-9013

DOI - 10.1093/geront/46.3.382

Subject(s) - appeal , presidential election , voting , political science , spoilt vote , presidential system , george (robot) , demographic economics , group voting ticket , public administration , political economy , economics , law , politics , history , art history

For several decades, candidates in U.S. presidential election campaigns have articulated policy issues designed to appeal to older Americans. However, exit-poll data have consistently shown that older people have distributed their votes among presidential candidates in roughly the same proportions as the electorate as a whole, favoring the winner of the popular vote. This happened again in 2004. The percentage of older persons voting for George Bush was slightly more than the national average, suggesting that old-age policy issues are not the predominant factors affecting older voters.

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