{"id":210538,"date":"2024-02-01T07:39:59","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T11:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=210538"},"modified":"2024-02-01T08:14:39","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T12:14:39","slug":"18-to-25-year-olds-make-up-16-of-voters-in-2024-general-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2024\/02\/01\/18-to-25-year-olds-make-up-16-of-voters-in-2024-general-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"18 to 25 year olds make up 16% of voters in 2024 general elections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Juventud-representa-16-del-Padron-Noticias-SIN-1024x598.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-210518\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Juventud-representa-16-del-Padron-Noticias-SIN-1024x598.png 1024w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Juventud-representa-16-del-Padron-Noticias-SIN-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Juventud-representa-16-del-Padron-Noticias-SIN-768x449.png 768w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Juventud-representa-16-del-Padron-Noticias-SIN.png 1294w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Central Electoral Board (JCE) has been reporting that the young vote will decide the elections again this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dominicans aged 18 to 25 are 1,304,456, or 16.09% of the 8,084,800 authorized to vote in the 18 February municipal and the 19 May presidential and congressional elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those aged 26 to 30 are another 11% or 898,631 eligible voters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those aged 31-40 are 20.4%, or 1,654,323.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This adds up to 47% of the vote being in the hands of people 40 years or younger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following voter segments are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>41-50 years, 17.85%, or 1,446,591 eligible voters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>51-60 years, 15.54% or 1,259,835 eligible voters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>61-70 years, 10.45% or 846,978 eligible voters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>71+ years, 8.32% or 674,016 eligible voters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most voters in the Dominican Republic reside in the two largest metropolitan areas \u2013 Greater Santo Domingo and Santiago with 45.19% of eligible voters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/noticiassin.com\/mas-de-1-millon-de-jovenes-votaran-en-las-elecciones-municipales-1576588\/\">Noticias SIN <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1 February 2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Central Electoral Board (JCE) has been reporting that the young vote will decide the elections again this year. Dominicans aged 18 to 25 are 1,304,456, or 16.09% of the 8,084,800 authorized to vote in the 18 February municipal and the 19 May presidential and congressional elections. Those aged 26 to 30 are another 11% &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2024\/02\/01\/18-to-25-year-olds-make-up-16-of-voters-in-2024-general-elections\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[330,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210538"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210538"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":210608,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210538\/revisions\/210608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}