The Importance Of Voter Participation In The United States

I believe that the low voter turnout in most elections is appalling. Why do people want to willingly give up their voice in our governmental system? Fewer than 37% of all eligible voters actually cast a ballot in the last presidential election. Many claim ignorance of political issues, but I believe that must stem from laziness. If people would

In my position I agree to lower the age of voting to 16-17 years old because it can raise up the percentage of voting. Many people are not voting because they don't believe it can help them and their community also with the support from 16-17 years old, it can show a huge difference on how the votes are increasing little by little. Also it can gives them experience on what's the voting like. Once they get older, they will know what to do because they registered the vote in an

King argues that the decline in voter turnout is attributed to disinterest in politics and presidential candidates. The article goes

Voter turnout has not been above sixty percent since 1968 and has not been above seventy percent since 1900. These numbers are significantly lower during midterm elections, which dip into the thirty percent range. Voter turnout is drastically lower than many other countries, placing the United States near the bottom when compared to other democracies. There are many factors that have contributed to the decline in voter participation (Patterson 170) (“Voter Turnout Data”) (“Voter Turnout in Presidential

There could be so many reasons why the voter’s turnout is so low. Most of them decline, because they have no public interest for elections. Back before the Constitution was sign African American couldn’t vote, it was called white privileges and women did have the right to vote. So I thing that still plays a part in the African American communities. Then most of them feel that their vote does not matter anyway. American have no motivation to vote like they once did. The voter turnout in the United States is low due to the fact that voters either choose not to vote, they are not a citizenship, or they have been in prison, and or other legal barriers that makes them ineligibility. A large percentage of the individuals are not voting because political

There have been many advantages and disadvantages to the change in the age requirement to vote. Currently the biggest disadvantage has been the voter participation percentage, followed by the demographic of the voters. With the age requirement being lowered to 16 the negatives may out weigh the postive.

Sadly, majority of Americans do not follow politics and who is running for presidency. Americans have become too comfortable with thinking that the world will become great on its own and that they are not needed in helping to extend life on Earth. Other democracies have higher turnouts because their voting days are generally held on weekends and the area expresses the concerns for voting. The problem is cultural and institutional. Culturally because Americans are greatly influenced by their peers and if their peers show a small interest in voting so, will they. An example is a parent that does not vote as they hold no interest; therefore, their child once reaching 18 will not want to do the same. Intuitionally because rules and laws are better

Low turnout rates in national election are a major problem caused by voter’s lack of motivation and lack of interest form the newer generations. Low turnout rates evolved into a major problem as the amount of voters had been on the a constant decline since the 1960s, where the Kennedy-Nixon race of 1960 peak at a 63% turnout and the latter elections fail to deliver such high rate (Patterson 2002, p. 4). The turnout then plunged to only 49% in the 1996 election due to the one-sided nature of the Clinton-Dole race, it was noted that 96.3 million Americans voted and 100.3 million opted to let it be (Patterson 2002, p. 4). This is a clear display to lack of motivation/interest from voters, the lopsided race made voting unattractive, nobody wanted to

Second, there is a practical reason why citizens should vote. In 2016, the United States federal budget was approximately four trillion dollars and the voting eligible population in 2016 was around 250 million. What it does mean is estimated the value of one vote is regarded as 16 thousand dollars. In other words, missing the chance of vote is same as missing the chance of deciding the use of sixteen thousand dollars per

There are a large number of citizens who believe that their vote does not matter or that if they voted for a particular candidate or party that their views would not be correctly represented. This issue has led to many people either voting for whoever they like most in debates or refusing to vote all together. This lack of education and incentive to vote is one of the driving forces in the issue of low voter turnout, which has been a reoccurring theme within the U.S. government for as long as the democracy has been in existence. Before we can dive into solutions we must first identify if this is really a pressing issue. Andrew Gelman, statistics professor and director of the Applied Statistics Center at Columbia University doesn’t believe that low voter turnout is an issue.

Voting, an important and vital aspect of living in a democratic state, remains a phenomenon that most do not have direct access to. Allowing green card holders and eighteen-year old registered members the right to vote along with mandatory voting can stimulate the political freedoms that makes democracies great. Analyzing the different improvements and changes that can be implemented, can offer deeper insight into the U.S. voting process.

The video clip talked about the voting rights of all citizens of the United States. Yet, it also showed how senators have imposed laws in certain states which have prohibit many voters from casting their vote. These laws mandate that the individual present a photo id before being allowed to vote. It also described the hard process that people face when trying to obtain their photo id. For example, government offices within the states that require and id to vote are only open during certain times through the year. Yet, when senators have been told regarding the dilemma the strict laws have created they have responded that by imposing these laws they will prevent fraud from occurring. The senators believe that these laws will prohibit all individual

steady decline in voter turnout has been ongoing since 1948 and through to present times. One

Voting in the United States is a process that has changed over time. The earliest votes inat America were cast at public elections. Sometimes people said their vote out loud. However, voters usually used paper ballots called "tickets." The tickets were printed from the political parties. Each ticket listed the name off that party's candidate. People voted through placing these tickets into ballot boxes. There were some major problems with this method. First, the tickets were often printed in color-coded paper. Voters put the tickets on a public ballot box, so their votes were not private. Second, people found ways to put more than one ticket into the box. Third, some tickets were printed in a way that confused voters. All three problems led

The turnout rates between constitutional, governor, and presidential elections has huge difference. “In 2004 presidential election, the peoples’ engagement was 56.57%, in 2008 it went up to 59.50%, in 2012 it dropped down again 58.58%, and in 2016 it went up again