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How gender, race, age and voter ID laws affect whether a voter actually casts a ballot

  • Written by Jane Junn, USC Associates Chair in Social Sciences; Professor of Political Science and Gender and Sexuality Studies, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
How gender, race, age and voter ID laws affect whether a voter actually casts a ballotWomen are more likely to vote than men, but white women have different voting tendencies than women of color.Scott Eisen/Getty Images

Who shows up to cast a ballot and who is allowed to mark a ballot and have it counted will determine which candidates take office and what issues they focus on.

The Conversation asked three scholars of different...

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