The form of ballot that encourages straight-ticket voting is the a. closed ballot. The coattail effect a. appears only in national elections. Age is not a significant factor in voting. Younger voters tend to turn out in higher percentages than older voters. Turnout increases the older the age group until the age of 65 and older.
Younger voters have more enthusiasm for voting than older voters.
As a factor in voting, more education seems to correlate with a. voting Republican. Since their introduction in the late nineteenth century, voter registration laws have a. increased the numbers of voters. If we measure the influence of socioeconomic status by profession, then a. skilled tradesmen tend to vote independently. With the possible exception of race, the biggest determinant of voting in national elections is a. religion. Historically, the issues that have the strongest influence on voters' choices have been a. religious.