Pennsylvania Votes: Civic Engagement in the Keystone State, 2002-2006 examines Pennsylvania’s population and rates of electoral participation between 2002 and 2006, and compares them to the United States as a whole. The report’s major focal points include rates of eligibility, registration and voter turnout by race or ethnicity, age and income.

This report is organized in three major sections: population, registration and voting. In the first section, we describe the size and demographic composition of Pennsylvania’s overall population and voting-eligible population. Next, we examine the racial (and ethnic), age and income characteristics of the state’s registered population. We conclude by describing some of the disparities in the composition of the registered and voting populations.

The data show that Pennsylvanians who are White, those who are older and those who are more affluent are more likely to register to vote and turn out at the polls.

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Figure 1:  Income Composition of Pennsylvania's Voter Eligible Population,Registered Voters and Voters, 2006 .

Figure 2: Age Composition of Pennsylvania's Voter Eligible Population, Registered Voters and Voters, 2006.

Figure 3: Racial/Ethnic Composition of Pennsylvania's Voter Eligible Population, Registered Voters and Voters, 2006.