Part A:
Age: Older people vote more. A lifetime of political information. Very strong opinions come with age. Votes could potentially effect the elderly more than the rest of the general population (medicare, welfare, veteran benefits (in some cases))
Education: More education means more likelihood of voting. Better understands issues posed to them.
Part B:
Those under 18 years of age are not allowed to vote for the president, and this decreases voter turnout because the young have strong opinions, and would vote for the president of their choice, if they had the option.
Part C:
Political parties. Without the need to actually vote for your candidate, you can still "participate" in the political process by belonging to a political party. There is no commitment to belong to a party, one simply needs to claim loyalty to that party, whether or not they actually do anything about it.
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