State voter survey finds turnout increases with age

The Secretary of State’s elections division last week released statistics on voting age population relating to the November General Election.

The state estimates 5,557,921 residents make up the state’s voting age population, and nearly 77 percent of those are registered (4,270,270). Among registered voters, nearly 79 percent submitted ballots for the General Election (3,363,440). Compared to the voting age population, though, approximately 60.5 percent of the state turned out.

The elections division also broke down the vote by age and gender.

Among registered voters, the 65 and up age group tu...