Can you please help me answer the question Which of the following conclusions can be supported by the information in this chart? (4 points)

Voting Rates (in percent) by Educational Attainment and Age Groups: 2008

18 to 24 years

25 to 44 years

45 to 64 years

65 years and older

Less than high school

27.0

29.2

40.3

51.9

High school graduate

39.9

44.8

61.1

68.5

Some college or associate's degree

56.6

63.8

74.3

79.1

Bachelor's degree or more

70.2

76.7

81.1

82.0

Source: U. S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, November 2008

Participation in elections increases as education level increases across all age groups. a

Education level was a significant factor in the outcome of the 2008 election. b

Decreasing the drop-out rate among high school students will positively affect voting rates. c

Increasing access to higher education will decrease citizens' participation in government. d

What is the meaning of each underlined word in these excerpts from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift? i think it is agreed by all parties, that this prodigious number of children in the arms, or on the backs, or at the heels of their mothers, and frequently of their fathers, is in the present deplorable state of the kingdom, a very great additional grievance; and therefore whoever could find out a fair, cheap and easy method of making these children sound and useful members of the common-wealth, would deserve so well of the publick, as to have his statue set up for a preserver of the nation. some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. the word prodigious means . the word desponding means .