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Women, Minorities, Younger Voters Less Likely To Vote In Midterms

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Tomorrow is Election Day. Even with control of the Senate up for grabs, and a number of tight governor's races, both history and current polling indicate that voter turnout is likely to be low.

Key voting blocs in particular — including women, Hispanics, African-Americans and young voters — tend not to turn out in force for the midterms.

Here & Now's Robin Young talks to Karthick Ramakrishnan, a professor of public policy and political science at the University of California, Riverside, about why that is, and who's likely to turn out at the polls tomorrow.

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This segment aired on November 3, 2014.

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