abstract:Voting age population (VAP) refers to the set of individuals that have reached the minimum voting age for a particular geography or political unit. The presumption is that they are therefore generally eligible to vote, although other additional factors may cause them to be ineligible, such as lack of citizenship or a prior felony conviction.
Along with the independents and Democrats, Mr McCain is also hoping to benefit from the 400, 000 veterans in the state, who make up 13% of the votingagepopulation.
CNN's estimate of the number of Democrats in the votingagepopulation as a whole indicates the sample is about 3 to 4 points more Democratic than the population as a whole, but also about 2 to 3 points more Republican than the population as a whole.