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Estimation of Voter Turnout by Age Group and Gender at the 2021 General Election
Estimation of Voter Turnout by Age Group and Gender at the 2021 General Election
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Table of Contents
Summary
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Overall turnout
Turnout average since maximums of previous two elections
Turnout by age
Youth turnout keeps decreasing after peak in 2015, and women still voted at higher rates than men
Turnout by Gender
Another Gender (Gender X)
Men+ and Women+
Turnout by Province and Territory
Prince Edward Island had the highest turnout, and Nunavut the lowest, among all provinces and territories
Use of alternative voting methods
Conclusion
Appendix: Methodology
Definition of turnout
Use of the term
gender
in this report
Electoral population
Data collection, processing and quality
Estimation
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