Young Voters Absence

In chapter one, Wattenberg discusses the declining trends of Americans who regularly read newspapers between the 1960’s and present day. This can be attributed the aging patterns among generations who frequently read newspapers as well as with the use of technology rising. Reading the newspaper is a habit that either is or is not developed by the time one reaches voting age. With this, newspapers have become an older generation’s primary source of information, however, are still the best source for political matters. Younger generations tend to be more computer literate and have grown up with television and media more accessible to them than the previous generation. These trends not only reflect in American culture, but in other countries

Before the individual referendums for Scottish independence and EU independence political interest and election turnout amongst young people was statistically low and steadily decreasing. This changed for the referendums but it is doubtful however there will be a high turnout of young people in forthcoming local and national elections. Young people tend to vote on single topics, for single issue parties and in referendums more than elections. If 16 year olds could vote more needs to be done to gain young people’s interest in politics.

While this sounds good there was plenty of miss information and understanding to the youth vote. In fact the youth vote was still the smallest compared to other ages and relative to everyone that voted. The large push was seen by minorities voting for could have been seen as a different color president. This is not to say that they voted for him purely by his color, but that it worked in his favor. All ages and races where seen on the media supporting the idea for a African American president. Even though the youth did see a relative increase in voting from year to year it did not compare to the usually suspects who do vote. Another aspect to mention is the midterm elections so the same usually numbers of youth voting, which was further evidence that the 2008, election saw more coverage and hype than others.

There are many valid opinions towards voting at the age of sixteen. Many believe the voting age should be decreased due to other responsibilities in which many sixteen-year-olds already have, such as being able to drive or being employed. However, some may be against this issue due to the influences a 16 year may encounter when voting, such as voting for who their parents or friends vote for or lacking maturity.

Intro Youth in industrialized countries currently are more educated than any generation has ever been. While education levels have risen, the conventional wisdom is that this would cause levels of voter turnout and party attachment to climb, however, this has not been the case. (Nevitte 1996, 50-51) Despite the great deal of research on this topic, there is not consensus on the answer to this question. In these interviews I attempted to look at how different forms of participation were viewed by members of the LBGTQ+ community, in order to draw some inferences about why youth are less likely to vote.

On the local level, our youth council created small response teams to focus on community issues affecting voter turnout. Surveys and questionnaires were used to gauge why so many young voters chose not to cast a ballot in our recent election. I remember a few responses like, “I didn’t even know there was an election?” Many potential voters did not know how or where to register to vote. Being proactive, our focus was to get an abundance of information to our youth groups before their eighteenth birthday. Student councils and teacher advisors played a crucial role in relaying our resourceful information to new voters. Assemblies and interactive workshops were also conducted to disseminate voting information to all senior class students. Our presentations were designed to show the importance of voting and how political relevance is attained. It streamlined the process to alleviate any concerns on how and where to

There are three possible solutions to the lack of active participation in politics and elections in youth, ages 18 to 25. The first solution is to pass House Bill 16-148 in Colorado which will require high school students to pass the civics portion of the federal citizenship test to graduate high school. The second solution is to lower the voting age to 16 years old. The third solution is to create a youth congress that deals with social issues that relate to the youth. The policy that our group decided would best increase participation in politics and elections in people ages 18 to 25 would be to lower the voting age to 16, because it develops the habit of voting at a younger age, it encourages schools and parents to provide the youth with a better understanding of the government and politics, it allows youth to have a voice in issues that involve them as well as encourage politicians to support policies that help the youth, and it has been proven to fix the issue of voter participation.

We could witness students become more involved with political issues and form groups to address them. Since this change would only apply to high school students and young adults who may have already graduated, there should be no worry about these people being ill informed. But, look forward to the encouragement of voting by their schools. This would overall lead to our voting system becoming more flexible and could lead to a higher voter turnout for young adults. Those who are politically aware should not have to be held back by those who are not. “Voting is a right, not a privilege you're extended on the condition that you use it ‘responsibly.’(Johnston 2016) Yes, some kids would surely choose not to vote, but many of their parents don't either”. It takes effort to vote. Some

As time goes on fewer and fewer people between the ages of 18 and 24 are paying attention to government activity. Many young people do not have an active participation in government. They are unaware, unsure, and uninterested in what’s going on with today’s governing body. This is a problem considering that those people are a large part of the future of this country. To solve this issue, modifications need to be made... changes that can start right here on Trine’s campus. Students cannot be expected to vote if they do not understand how the whole process works. They need to be made more aware of the government’s actions and how it actually works. The lack of involvement could be due to a lack of knowledge and therefore a lack of participation.

Scott Berry Mrs. Secker English I 1 February 2017 Should the voting Age be Lowered to 15?     Today our government is controlled by the people, so therefore we the people need to make sure that that the people who are voting to alter the government are mature enough to make adult decisions. Today’s teenagers think they are entitled to everything that life has to offer them, and this includes the right to vote. Why do grown individuals think it is a good idea to let our children, our youth make decisions that could affect us all when they have not received their high school diploma?  Teenagers are simply not mature enough to make the decisions that come with the right to vote. Some people argue that not all teens are immature and should be

As time changes, so do groups of people. Problems that have affected one group in the past may not affect the other group. Or the effect on the group could have increased or decreased. As explained above, there have been various assumptions and reports that imply that the voting behavior of younger voters have changed compared to their parents. However, there are also reports and studies that have shown that they haven’t. For this study, it will decide if certain factors of voting behavior have any significant effects and changes when it comes to millennial voters. In comparison to their parent’s, have these indicators increased or decreased. In this study, it is assumed that voting behavior among young voters is different from their parents.

From within one year of being in highschool, I have learnt that young adults rush for almost everything. From rushing through their homework to rushing to the DMV as soon as they turn 16.As soon as 20 year olds turn 21 they cram into their nearest bar, to legally party all night.However there is one exception. You rarely see young adults rushing to register to vote when they turn 18.

Today I will be explaining my own position on weather to keep the current voting age. I also will be giving reason on weather to lower or maintain the current voting age. Along with personal experiences I've seen in the past. If we were to lower the voting age it would increase the voting percentage. however most teenagers are not into politics. they can't even stay focused on school. From my own personal experiences, I've notice that when you give kids certain rights they will abuse the situation. We need to keep the kids focused on school.A big responsability such as voting is not a good idea.

The generation which sustained democracy through and after the Second World War is dying, and the baby boom that followed is passing into old age (Youniss 99). An older generation can ignore addressing the issues of climate change, social security, and lack of cooperation among elected officials, but today’s children and youth have to deal with the consequences (98). A democratic society should worry because we are not preparing youth to engage in politics and community affairs (Syvertsen et al 593). A new electorate unwilling to act will allow these problems to continue unattended and to worsen.

Introduction Voting is an act that is necessary to elect leaders in a democratic society. It is often said that it is a civic duty to vote, yet there are many people who do not participate in voting. Currently, we are seeing a trend that youth are not voting nearly as much as the older population. This phenomenon is usually attributed to one thing, voter apathy, but this is just one of the factors that can have a major effect on youth voting habits. Youth voting habits are greatly affected by access to voting, socioeconomic factors and status, and voter apathy and cynicism.