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    Voter turnout is commonly regarded as one of the most distinct issues within American politics of the last century. Though the United States once averaged a turnout rate of 78% of eligible voters in presidential elections between 1860 and 19001, the average voter turnout of the 21st century has fallen to around 52%2. The cause of the marked decline throughout the 20th century is often attributed simply to voter apathy, but the issue is much more complex. Upon analysis, it is clear that a number

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    “only 64 percent of qualified citizens voted” (Carl, 2013). Such a lack of voting has been termed “voter apathy,” which is defined as “a phenomenon in which citizens with the right to vote choose not to” (Carl, 2013). It is common knowledge that throughout history minority voters are most often the ones who express this indifference towards voting in comparison to whites (Carl, 2013). Voter apathy often results from the misguided perception that one person’s vote will not make a difference. A myriad

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    Effects Of Voter Apathy

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    Voter apathy is a large and serious problem that is affecting the U.S. right now. If the number of people that continuously ignore the ability to vote increases only a small portion of the country will be deciding who leads us and makes the decisions that will either protect us or endanger us. The effects of these decisions can be in economics and war. Also, if only a fraction of the population votes there is a much a greater chance of imbalance in politics. For example, this could cause more Democrats

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    The lacked of youth voters has been a major concern for the democratic system in the United States and other countries. Studies has been and still trying to understand why youth tends to slack off when it comes to this crucial part of democratic practices. In light of this continuing problem, solutions have been offered to involve youths, primarily in their early 20s, to participate in this democratic practice. Because this is a high concern of many countries, many authors have written about why

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    Voter apathy Under the 15th amendment, there is a right to vote by every people who are the citizens of the United States even though; they are Latinos, African-American or Asian. Voting is the important issues in political process as well as for the people themselves to decide the upcoming government in election. Moreover that, immigrants citizen must be very concerned about voting as there are few candidate who shows interest in the favor of immigrants people. Among the immigrants, Hispanic or

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    Examples Of Voter Apathy

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    for the right of voting and freedom, but when people forget that events of the history, and led other people decide for them what they want; people take advantage and corrupt the government causing the nation to decay. What is voter’s apathy? Voter’s apathy or voters fatigue is the lack of caring during the presidential election being it national election, state election, or municipal election. Basically don’t caring about any electoral election. There are a lot of excuses people use to avoid their

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    Voter Apathy: The Causes and Effects of Not Going to the Polls Few can doubt the corruptness and hypocrisy of American politics. Scandals hit the news daily. Senator A takes a bribe. Congressman B serves only lobbyists. President C cheats on his wife. Voters take note of these transgressions and of others within the political environment. They scratch their heads and wonder how things could possibly ever change. After all, all politicians, even those with the best of intentions, seem to debase

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    What causes voter apathy? Why, in the most recent federal and provincial elections, did roughly 40% of eligible voters stay home? Perhaps candidate A, running for party A led by leader A, is not perceived as being significantly different from, or better than, candidate B, running for party B led by leader B. This lack of perceived difference between candidate-party-leader A and candidate-party-leader B, is not the only problem in an election. It is also impossible to vote directly on an issue

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    Apathy Imagine you are driving down the road late to work. On the side of the road you see that two cars have been in a serious accident. You almost pull over, when you remember how late you are for work. So instead, you keep driving telling yourself that someone else who has more time will stop and help them. When you finally arrive at work, you see that a homeless woman is sitting near the building you work at asking for money. You’re already seventeen minutes late for work, and you don’t have

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    Reaction Paper On Apathy

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    them all – the apathy of human beings.” Helen Keller’s beautifully articulated words reflect the abnormality of apathy among human beings. Apathy is neither a deadly disease that solely attacks the weak nor a problem faced by certain groups of people. Apathy affects humanity as a whole, striking human beings regardless of race, religion, and culture. Apathy is generally defined as the “absence or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement” (“Apathy,” n.d.). When the word “apathy” comes to mind

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