Nowadays, people who are older are more likely to vote than people who are younger. Perhaps it's because people today have other areas of entertainment besides the news and therefore aren't as well informed as to what is going on, or maybe the elders feel they have more issues to vote on.
Education also plays a part in voting turnout because many people vary on the scale. In modern day, one must search for political knowledge because it is no longer the only thing in the headlines. People with higher education value knowledge. People with lower education may tend to become overwhelmed with information and result in not voting at all.
Voter registration has caused a lower turnout in votes because it takes away the ease of driving up to the polls on election day and filling in a bubble. Now, one must fill out papers prior to election day and send it in so that there will be a system of one person, one vote.
A linkage institution that differs from the elections is the media. The media absorbs citizen information and publicizes it to the world, allowing policymakers to hear. Because the media is made up of average citizens, the information is sure to shine a fairly accurate light on people's true feelings without having to work extra hard, like public opinion polls, to do so.
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