But if they settle down at all, young people are waiting ever longer to do it.

A better explanation may be that young people today do not feel they have much of a stake in society

An MIT study estimated that 1.2 million votes were lost in 2012 due to registration problems -- these people went to the polls but didn't vote because there was some issue with their registration. While that's less than 1% of total voters, it's still a lot of people.

In 2012, there were 14.3 million U.S. citizens with incomes under $20,000 a year who were over the age of 18, and only 8.9 million were registered to vote.

But getting an ID can be costly when you're just getting by. A Government Accountability Office report found that it costs between $5 and $58.50 to get an ID in states that require it.

And studies at the state level have found that a higher class bias in the electorate actually leads to higher levels of income inequality.

Non-white voters, who lean Democratic on the whole, are another group that usually makes up a smaller share of the midterm electorate than they do in presidential years

This parallel voting track suddenly diverged in the 2004 election, when a 55% majority of young voters went with the Democrats while only 46% of older voters did the same.

The electorate in midterm elections is much older than in presidential years, with those age 60 and older generally outnumbering those under 30 by more than 2-to-1 margins

A big factor could be the very recent lowering of the voting age from 21 to 18 in the 26th Amendment of 1970.

But when the nation is expected to choose its future leader and Commander-in-Chief, one would expect a different turnout

in most of the democracies, registering citizens to vote is the responsibility of the government

the United States' voting system is rare among world democracies in that it requires voters to register to vote

Furthermore, the fact that the United States disenfranchises its many felons contributes to the low turnout.

Its uniquely difficult electoral system is responsible for much of the low voter participation.

Politicians are more accountable and responsive to wealthy voters, not just because rich people vote in elections, but because they are also more likely to donate to campaigns or work on them to get their candidates elected.

Voter turnout in the United States is among the lowest in the developed world.

When an election is extremely interesting and competitive, people find ways to take time from their busy lives and vote, and campaigns spend extra money to reach them.

Being "too busy" tops the list of excuses reasons, followed by general lack of interest, illness, being out of town, simply forgetting, and disliking the candidates or the issues.

A meager 36 percent of eligible voters cast ballots, 5 points lower than in 2010 and the worst turnout rate since 1942, according to the U.S. Elections Project.

Americans can overcome most of their reasons for not voting if they are actually motivated enough.

 A steady rise in the availability of early, absentee or mail voting would seem to help the nearly half of non-voters who cited reasons like being busy, out of town or simply forgetting.

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William Blair analyst Sharon Zackfia, conversely, says she still expects Chipotle to emerge "largely unscathed" over the longer term from the E. coli incidents that have plagued it recently.

Three of the new cases are in Oklahoma, one in Kansas and one in North Dakota and sequencing of the E. coli strain identified it as a rare variant of O26

"The Chipotle foodborne illness case will now be studied by restaurant operators, financial professionals, and PR officials for years if not decades to come", he said.

A total of 53 cases have now been reported, the majority of them related to the October 2015 outbreak in the Pacific Northwest that resulted in dozens of locations being temporarily closed

The Chipotle foodborne illness case will now be studied by restaurant operators, financial professionals, and PR officials for years if not decades to come", he said

A total of 53 cases have now been reported, the majority of them related to the October 2015 outbreak in the Pacific Northwest that resulted in dozens of locations being temporarily closed.

The council tested for faecal coliform, E coli and enterococci bacteria. Almost all samples which returned a high count were caused by birdlife such as seagulls, ducks and pukekos, Bedford said

Nine coastal areas including Fitzroy, Ngamotu and Opunake were monitored annually by the TRC while Back Beach and Urenui were monitored on a three-year rotating cycle

Other illnesses associated with exposure to contaminated water include eye and skin infections

He said people were at risk of becoming unwell if they bathed at contaminated sites.

Taranaki District Health Board Health Protection Team manager Matthew Parkinson recommended people stayed out of rivers or streams where there were known health warnings.

Taranaki Regional Council (TRC) water quality sampling at Waiwhakaiho River at Lake Rotomanu recently returned high levels of Escherichia coli, or E coli.

Their action followed a massive media uproar, which included a prime time show featuring British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver and a series of critical reports by ABC World News.

Their action followed a massive media uproar, which included a prime time show featuring British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver and a series of critical reports by ABC World News.

Lean finely textured beef brings down the cost of ground beef by about 3 percent, which can add up quickly in a program that feeds more than 31 million school children each day.