Explain the difference between voting age population (VAP) and voting eligible population (VEP) and how making this distinction impacts our view of recent elections.
What will be an ideal response?
? The VAP measures the voting-age population.
? The VEP population measures the voting-age population that is also eligible to vote (removing disenfranchised felons, persons who are institutionalized, and so on).
? The gap between the two measures has grown since 1948. When using VEP, turnout rates are not as dreary looking.
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