In the 2024 election, 65% of the U.S. citizen voting-age population reported voting, according to the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey. This visualization breaks down turnout by age group and shows sharp differences across generations. Young adults (18–24) had the lowest participation at 48%, while turnout peaked at 76% among adults aged 75–84. Explore more breakouts by education, income, and other traits at overflowdata.com.
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This visualization was created with Tableau and uses data from the 2024 CPS voter supplement which is conducted by the Census Bureau. The [interactive version](https://overflowdata.com/liberty/breaking-down-voter-turnout-in-the-2024-presidential-election/) shows other traits. If you think we missed something let us know and we can look into adding it.
I wonder how many of the 85+ group didn’t vote due to mental decline. My grandpa died at 99 years of age this year and he didn’t vote mostly because he had severe dementia and had no idea where he was or even what year it is.
I wish we had the percentage of the population in each age group.
biggest story here it’s that the gap between 18-24 (48%) and 75-84 (76%) is massive, while 35-64 barely moves (all 65-70%). so elections swing on whether young ppl show up or not.
What is the total number from each category that voted, instead of percentage?
Young people continue to protest against the wrong party and then stay home and not vote.
Is there any data around potential voters who were disenfranchised due to the 100s of voting suppression laws that were passed by GOP controlled state houses in states throughout the union?
It’s easy to assume people just didn’t show up, but I wonder how many tried to and were blocked at one or more points throughout the process to register and then actually vote.
There’s two reactions people have to this:
1. Political parties need to do more to reach out to young people
2. Young people need to vote regardless
Obviously both are true, but as far as where you place the emphasis, I guess it depends which group you think is more in control of its collective actions – a political party that has money and organization and can operate as more or less a unit, or “every young person.”
Ngl, I thought the youth vote was lower. I know in off elections the under 30 vote % in red states would freeze water. In Texas, it was 25% in 2022.
Pathetic numbers. There’s no good reason a country like the USA shouldn’t be near 90% turnout.
Every bar is 10 years but the 18-24. Shouldn’t it be 18-28?
and the young people will feel the results of the 2024 election the rest of their lives.
i love whenever these sort of posts happen because the political geniuses of Reddit go “oh! we need to appeal to the youth vote!” and it’s like hey man congrats you’re about 20 years late