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| is voting for young people: Is Voting for Young People? Martin P. Wattenberg, 2015-10-30 This book focuses on the root causes of the generation gap in voter turnout—changes in media consumption habits over time. It lays out an argument as to why young people have been tuning out politics in recent years, both in the United States and in other established democracies. |
| is voting for young people: Making Young Voters John B. Holbein, D. Sunshine Hillygus, 2020-02-20 The solution to youth voter turnout requires focus on helping young people follow through on their political interests and intentions. |
| is voting for young people: Is Voting for Young People? Martin P. Wattenberg, 2015-11-19 In 2008, everyone expected young people to turn out to vote in record numbers for the first youthful, hip, new media-savvy, African American presidential candidate in history. They didn’t. When Obama ran for re-election, he targeted young voters and they still didn’t come to the polls in overwhelming numbers. What will happen in 2016, another potential history-making election? Is Voting for Young People? explores the reasons why young people are less likely to follow politics and vote in the United States (as well as in many other established democracies) no matter who the candidates are, whether they tweet or blog, or what the issues may be. This brief, accessible, and provocative book suggests ways of changing that, and now includes a new chapter on young people's role in the 2008, 2012, and 2014 elections, looking ahead to 2016. New to the Fourth Edition: A new introduction placing current youth voting trends in context with recent elections. A new Chapter 8 covering the elections of 2008, 2012, and 2014—looking ahead to 2016. Updated voting data on 2012 and 2014 elections. A new concluding chapter offering recommendations for improving young voter turnout. |
| is voting for young people: Lowering the Voting Age to 16 Jan Eichhorn, Johannes Bergh, 2019-11-27 This book explores the consequences of lowering the voting age to 16 from a global perspective, bringing together empirical research from countries where at least some 16-year-olds are able to vote. With the aim to show what really happens when younger people can take part in elections, the authors engage with the key debates on earlier enfranchisement and examine the lead-up to and impact of changes to the voting age in countries across the globe. The book provides the most comprehensive synthesis on this topic, including detailed case studies and broad comparative analyses. It summarizes what can be said about youth political participation and attitudes, and highlights where further research is needed. The findings will be of great interest to researchers working in youth political socialization and engagement, as well as to policymakers, youth workers and activists. |
| is voting for young people: Youth Voter Participation , 1999 The importance of the youth vote to any democracy is central to this cross-cultural analysis of the unique role of elections—and the dangers of abstention—in a democratic society. Comparative data from the parliamentary elections of 15 European democracies illustrate the scope of the problem of low youth turnout, and analyses of the reasons for such negligible participation are presented. Specially commissioned interviews conducted in several countries worldwide bring the opinions and views of young people themselves into the study. Additionally, descriptions of specific programmes for increasing youth participation enacted in Chile, Russia, South Africa, and the United States and included, as are proposals for a variety of activities that governmental and nongovernmental organizations can use to draw young citizens into the electoral arena. |
| is voting for young people: The Virgin Vote Jon Grinspan, 2016-02-13 There was a time when young people were the most passionate participants in American democracy. In the second half of the nineteenth century--as voter turnout reached unprecedented peaks--young people led the way, hollering, fighting, and flirting at massive midnight rallies. Parents trained their children to be violent little partisans, while politicians lobbied twenty-one-year-olds for their virgin votes—the first ballot cast upon reaching adulthood. In schoolhouses, saloons, and squares, young men and women proved that democracy is social and politics is personal, earning their adulthood by participating in public life. Drawing on hundreds of diaries and letters of diverse young Americans--from barmaids to belles, sharecroppers to cowboys--this book explores how exuberant young people and scheming party bosses relied on each other from the 1840s to the turn of the twentieth century. It also explains why this era ended so dramatically and asks if aspects of that strange period might be useful today. In a vivid evocation of this formative but forgotten world, Jon Grinspan recalls a time when struggling young citizens found identity and maturity in democracy. |
| is voting for young people: Growing into Voting Richard Öhrvall, 2018-10-01 This thesis contains an introduction and four essays that together address the issues of turnout and habitual voting. Although voting is less unequal than other forms of political participation, it is still biased in favour of more socially affluent citizens. One way to achieve more equal participation is to increase the general turnout. This is the implication of the `law of dispersion', formulated by Tingsten in 1937, which states that as turnout increases, participatory equality also increases. In Essay I, co-written with Mikael Persson and Maria Solevid, we revisit Tingsten's law and find new empirical support for it. One possible path to improving general turnout is the formation of voting habits. It is argued by some scholars that voting is a habit formed early on in life, when young people encounter their first elections after coming of age. It is, however, still a matter of debate as to whether voting is an act of habit. Three of the four essays in this thesis tackle this question in various ways. In Essay II, I study voting among young people who encounter their first election in different social contexts depending on their age, and how these differing contexts affect their propensity to vote in their first and second election. In Essay III, I examine whether experiencing a European Parliament election with a low turnout as a first election affects the likelihood of casting a vote in a subsequent national parliamentary election. In Essay IV, co-written with Sven Oskarsson, we study student mock elections, which constitute the first, albeit hypothetical, election experience for many young people. The main result is that the first election a young person faces is not as important as has been claimed in previous research. Regardless of whether the initial experience takes place in a context that encourages turnout or the first election encountered is a low-stimulus election that fails to draw crowds to the polls, there is no substantial impact on turnout in subsequent elections. One implication of this finding is that lowering the voting age is not likely to increase voting rates, not even in the longer term. Den här avhandlingen innefattar ett introduktionskapitel och fyra artiklar som tillsammans behandlar valdeltagande och röstning som en vana. Även om röstning i allmänna val är den mest jämlika formen av politiskt deltagande finns ändå tydliga skillnader i deltagande mellan befolkningsgrupper med olika socioekonomisk bakgrund. Ett sätt att nå ett mer jämlikt deltagande är genom ett högre valdeltagande. Det är innebörden av det lagbundna samband som Tingsten fann år 1937 och som förutsäger att skillnaden i deltagande mellan olika grupper är mindre ju högre valdeltagandet är. I avhandlingens första artikel, samförfattad med Mikael Persson och Maria Solevid, undersöker vi om detta samband fortfarande har empiriskt stöd och finner att så är fallet. En tänkbar väg till ett högre valdeltagande går via ett främjande av vanemässig röstning. En del forskare hävdar nämligen att röstning är en vana och att den vanan formas redan i de första val där en ung person har möjlighet rösta. Huruvida röstning är en vana är dock omdebatterat. Tre av avhandlingens artiklar tar på olika sätt upp den frågan. I avhandlingens andra artikel studerar jag unga personer som beroende på när de är födda får rösta för första gången vid olika åldrar och därmed i skilda social kontexter. Frågan jag ställer är hur dessa skillnader påverkar deras benägenhet att rösta i det valet och i det därpå följande. Vissa unga personer får rösta för första gången efter att ha nått rösträttsåldern i ett Europaparlamentsval där valdeltagandet är lågt. I den tredje artikeln undersöker jag ifall den erfarenheten har någon inverkan på deltagandet i ett därpå följande riksdagsval. I den fjärde artikeln, samförfattad med Sven Oskarsson, studerar vi om de skolval som arrangeras i många skolor har någon inverkan på studenters senare deltagande i riktiga val. Avhandlingens huvudresultat är att deltagande i det första valet en ung person får rösta i saknar den betydelse för framtida valdeltagande som hävdats i tidigare forskning. Oavsett om det första valet äger rum i en kontext som främjar röstning eller om det är ett val som väcker lite intresse, får det ingen substantiell effekt på benägenheten att rösta i följande val. En implikation av detta resultat är att en sänkt rösträttsålder troligen inte skulle ge ett högre valdeltagande, inte ens på längre sikt. |
| is voting for young people: Young People’s Human Rights and the Politics of Voting Age Sonja C. Grover, 2010-11-05 Young People’s Human Rights and The Politics of Voting Age explores the broader societal implications of voting age eligibility requirements and the legislative bar against youth voting in North America and in Commonwealth countries (where ‘youth’ is defined as persons 16 and over but under age 18). The issue is raised as to whether the denial of the youth vote undermines democratic principles and values and ultimately the human dignity of youth. This is the first book to address the topic of the youth vote in-depth as a fundamental human rights concern relating to the entitlement in a democracy to societal participation and inclusion in influencing policy and law which profoundly affects one’s life. Also examined are international perspectives on the issue of voting age eligibility. The book would be extremely valuable for instructional purposes as one of the primary texts in undergraduate or graduate courses on children’s human rights, political psychology, political science , sociology of law or society and as a supplementary text for courses on human rights or constitutional law and would be of interest also to members of the general public concerned with children’s human rights issues. |
| is voting for young people: How Democracy Ends David Runciman, 2018-06-05 How will democracy end? And what will replace it? A preeminent political scientist examines the past, present, and future of an endangered political philosophy Since the end of World War II, democracy's sweep across the globe seemed inexorable. Yet today, it seems radically imperiled, even in some of the world's most stable democracies. How bad could things get? In How Democracy Ends, David Runciman argues that we are trapped in outdated twentieth-century ideas of democratic failure. By fixating on coups and violence, we are focusing on the wrong threats. Our societies are too affluent, too elderly, and too networked to fall apart as they did in the past. We need new ways of thinking the unthinkable -- a twenty-first-century vision of the end of democracy, and whether its collapse might allow us to move forward to something better. A provocative book by a major political philosopher, How Democracy Ends asks the most trenchant questions that underlie the disturbing patterns of our contemporary political life. |
| is voting for young people: Votes at 16 Niall Guy Michelsen, 2020-09-29 At a time when American political institutions are under intense criticism and facing internal and external pressures, Americans must identify opportunities for changing the status quo. Rather than reject the system as fatally flawed, Niall Guy Michelsen argues that lowering the voting age to 16 will decrease the voting gap between the college and non-college citizens. Increasing voter turnout will make the American electorate more representative of the country and add needed voices to political debates. Dr. Michelsen analyzes the nature of voting habits and concludes that too many citizens start their adult lives as non-voters and become habitual non-voters as a result. Using voter turnout data and demographics, Dr. Michelsen shows that lowering the voting age to 16 would help both college-attending and non-college-attending young adults develop voting habits and raise voter turnout. |
| is voting for young people: The Vanishing Voter Thomas E. Patterson, 2009-09-09 From the award-winning author of Out of Order—named the best political science book of the last decade by the American Political Science Association—comes this landmark book about why Americans don’t vote. Based on more than 80,000 interviews, The Vanishing Voter investigates why—despite a better educated citizenry, the end of racial barriers to voting, and simplified voter registration procedures—the percentage of voters has steadily decreased to the point that the United States now has nearly the lowest voting rate in the world. Patterson cites the blurring of differences between the political parties, the news media’s negative bias, and flaws in the election system to explain this disturbing trend while suggesting specific reforms intended to bring Americans back to the polls. Astute, far-reaching, and impeccably researched, The Vanishing Voter engages the very meaning of our relationship to our government. |
| is voting for young people: Voter Turnout and the Dynamics of Electoral Competition in Established Democracies Since 1945 Mark N. Franklin, 2004-04-19 Voting is a habit. People learn the habit of voting, or not, based on experience in their first few elections. Elections that do not stimulate high turnout among young adults leave a 'footprint' of low turnout in the age structure of the electorate as many individuals who were new at those elections fail to vote at subsequent elections. Elections that stimulate high turnout leave a high turnout footprint. So a country's turnout history provides a baseline for current turnout that is largely set, except for young adults. This baseline shifts as older generations leave the electorate and as changes in political and institutional circumstances affect the turnout of new generations. Among the changes that have affected turnout in recent years, the lowering of the voting age in most established democracies has been particularly important in creating a low turnout footprint that has grown with each election. |
| is voting for young people: Vote for Our Future! Margaret McNamara, 2020-02-18 In this charming and powerful picture book about voting and elections, the students of Stanton Elementary School learn how we can find--and use--our voices for change. Every two years, on the first Tuesday of November, Stanton Elementary School closes for the day. For vacation? Nope! For repairs? No way! Stanton Elementary School closes so that it can transform itself into a polling station. People can come from all over to vote for the people who will make laws for the country. Sure, the Stanton Elementary School students might be too young to vote themselves, but that doesn't mean they can't encourage their parents, friends, and family to vote! After all, voting is how this country sees change--and by voting today, we can inspire tomorrow's voters to change the future. |
| is voting for young people: One Person, No Vote Carol Anderson, 2018-09-11 As featured in the documentary All In: The Fight for Democracy Finalist for the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction Longlisted for the National Book Award in Nonfiction Named one of the Best Books of the Year by: Washington Post * Boston Globe * NPR* Bustle * BookRiot * New York Public Library From the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of White Rage, the startling--and timely--history of voter suppression in America, with a foreword by Senator Dick Durbin. In her New York Times bestseller White Rage, Carol Anderson laid bare an insidious history of policies that have systematically impeded black progress in America, from 1865 to our combustible present. With One Person, No Vote, she chronicles a related history: the rollbacks to African American participation in the vote since the 2013 Supreme Court decision that eviscerated the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Known as the Shelby ruling, this decision effectively allowed districts with a demonstrated history of racial discrimination to change voting requirements without approval from the Department of Justice. Focusing on the aftermath of Shelby, Anderson follows the astonishing story of government-dictated racial discrimination unfolding before our very eyes as more and more states adopt voter suppression laws. In gripping, enlightening detail she explains how voter suppression works, from photo ID requirements to gerrymandering to poll closures. And with vivid characters, she explores the resistance: the organizing, activism, and court battles to restore the basic right to vote to all Americans. |
| is voting for young people: The Fight to Vote Michael Waldman, 2016-02-23 Praised by the late John Lewis, this is the seminal book about the long and ongoing struggle to win voting rights for all citizens by the president of The Brennan Center, the leading organization on voter rights and election security, now newly revised to describe today’s intense fights over voting. As Rep. Lewis said, and recent events in state legislatures across the country demonstrate, the struggle for the right to vote is not over. In this “important and powerful” (Linda Greenhouse, former New York Times Supreme Court correspondent) book Michael Waldman describes the long struggle to extend the right to vote to all Americans. From the writing of the Constitution, and at every step along the way, as disenfranchised Americans sought this right, others have fought to stop them. Waldman traces this history from the Founders’ debates to today’s many restrictions: gerrymandering; voter ID laws; the flood of dark money released by conservative organizations; and the concerted effort in many state legislatures after the 2020 election to enact new limitations on voting. Despite the pandemic, the 2020 election had the highest turnout since 1900. In this updated edition, Waldman describes the nationwide effort that made this possible. He offers new insights into how Donald Trump’s false claims of fraud—“the Big Lie”—led to the January 6 insurrection and the fights over voting laws that followed one of the most dramatic chapters in the story of American democracy. As Waldman shows, this fight, sometimes vicious, has always been at the center of American politics because it determines the outcome of the struggle for power. The Fight to Vote is “an engaging, concise history…offering many useful reforms that advocates on both sides of the aisle should consider” (The Wall Street Journal). |
| is voting for young people: Too Young to Run? John Evan Seery, 2011 Examines the history, theory, and politics behind the age qualifications for elected federal office in the United States Constitution. Argues that the right to run for office ought to be extended to all adult-age citizens who are otherwise office-eligible--Provided by publisher. |
| is voting for young people: Youth Participation in Democratic Life Bart Cammaerts, Michael Bruter, Shakuntala Banaji, Sarah Harrison, Nick Anstead, Whitwell, Byrt, 2016-02-29 This book is concerned with the contexts, nature and quality of the participation of young people in European democratic life. The authors understand democracy broadly as both institutional politics and civic cultures, and a wide range of methods are used to analyse and assess youth participation and attitudes. |
| is voting for young people: The Myth of Voter Fraud Lorraine C. Minnite, 2011-03-15 Allegations that widespread voter fraud is threatening to the integrity of American elections and American democracy itself have intensified since the disputed 2000 presidential election. The claim that elections are being stolen by illegal immigrants and unscrupulous voter registration activists and vote buyers has been used to persuade the public that voter malfeasance is of greater concern than structural inequities in the ways votes are gathered and tallied, justifying ever tighter restrictions on access to the polls. Yet, that claim is a myth. In The Myth of Voter Fraud, Lorraine C. Minnite presents the results of her meticulous search for evidence of voter fraud. She concludes that while voting irregularities produced by the fragmented and complex nature of the electoral process in the United States are common, incidents of deliberate voter fraud are actually quite rare. Based on painstaking research aggregating and sifting through data from a variety of sources, including public records requests to all fifty state governments and the U.S. Justice Department, Minnite contends that voter fraud is in reality a politically constructed myth intended to further complicate the voting process and reduce voter turnout. She refutes several high-profile charges of alleged voter fraud, such as the assertion that eight of the 9/11 hijackers were registered to vote, and makes the question of voter fraud more precise by distinguishing fraud from the manifold ways in which electoral democracy can be distorted. Effectively disentangling misunderstandings and deliberate distortions from reality, The Myth of Voter Fraud provides rigorous empirical evidence for those fighting to make the electoral process more efficient, more equitable, and more democratic. |
| is voting for young people: Congressional Record United States. Congress, 1962 The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873) |
| is voting for young people: Vote! Eileen Christelow, 2018-09 It's hard to imagine a more accessible introduction to voting than Eileen Christelow's hilariously illustrated Vote , now updated for the 2018 midterm elections. (Booklist, starred review) * It's hard to imagine a more accessible introduction to voting. --Booklist, starred review Explains the whys and wherefores of the voting process . . . and why it all matters. --Washington Post An ALA Notable Children's Book An IRA-CBC Children's Choice Eileen Christelow's Vote has everything you need to know about voting and how our democracy works--parties, voter registration, campaigns, rallies, debates, Election Day, even recounts Topics are presented in a clear, kid-friendly graphic format as the story of a local election unfolds, with hilarious commentary by the candidates' pets. Includes updated back matter for the 2018 midterm election. |
| is voting for young people: American Government 3e Glen Krutz, Sylvie Waskiewicz, 2023-05-12 Black & white print. American Government 3e aligns with the topics and objectives of many government courses. Faculty involved in the project have endeavored to make government workings, issues, debates, and impacts meaningful and memorable to students while maintaining the conceptual coverage and rigor inherent in the subject. With this objective in mind, the content of this textbook has been developed and arranged to provide a logical progression from the fundamental principles of institutional design at the founding, to avenues of political participation, to thorough coverage of the political structures that constitute American government. The book builds upon what students have already learned and emphasizes connections between topics as well as between theory and applications. The goal of each section is to enable students not just to recognize concepts, but to work with them in ways that will be useful in later courses, future careers, and as engaged citizens. In order to help students understand the ways that government, society, and individuals interconnect, the revision includes more examples and details regarding the lived experiences of diverse groups and communities within the United States. The authors and reviewers sought to strike a balance between confronting the negative and harmful elements of American government, history, and current events, while demonstrating progress in overcoming them. In doing so, the approach seeks to provide instructors with ample opportunities to open discussions, extend and update concepts, and drive deeper engagement. |
| is voting for young people: By the People James A. Morone, Rogan Kersh, 2016 Challenge your students to ENGAGE in the conversation and process; THINK about the ideas, history, structure, and function; and DEBATE the merits of American government and politics in the 21st century. In a storytelling approach that weaves contemporary examples together with historical context, By the People: Debating American Government, Brief Second Edition, explores the themes and ideas that drive the great debates in American government and politics. It introduces students to big questions like Who governs? How does our system of government work? What does government do? and Who are we? By challenging students with these questions, the text gets them to think about, engage with, and debate the merits of U.S. government and politics. Ideal for professors who prefer a shorter text, By the People, Brief Second Edition, condenses the content of the comprehensive edition while also preserving its essential insights, organization, and approach. Approximately 20% shorter and less expensive than its parent text, the full-color Brief Second Edition features a more streamlined narrative and is enhanced by its own unique supplements package. ENGAGE * -By the Numbers- boxes containing fun facts help frame the quizzical reality of American politics and government * -See For Yourself- features enable students to connect with the click of a smart phone to videos and other interactive online content THINK * Chapter One introduces students to seven key American ideas, which are revisited throughout the text * -The Bottom Line- summaries conclude each chapter section, underscoring the most important aspects of the discussion DEBATE * -What Do You Think?- boxes encourage students to use their critical-thinking skills and debate issues in American government * Four major themes, in the form of questions to spark debate, are presented to students in Chapter One and appear throughout the text |
| is voting for young people: Youthquake 2017 James Sloam, Matt Henn, 2018-12-06 This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book investigates the reasons behind the 2017 youthquake – which saw the highest rate of youth turnout in a quarter of a century, and an unprecedented gap in youth support for Labour over the Conservative Party – from both a comparative and a theoretical perspective. It compares youth turnout and party allegiance over time and traces changes in youth political participation in the UK since the onset of the 2008 global financial crisis – from austerity, to the 2016 EU referendum, to the rise of Corbyn – up until the June 2017 General Election. The book identifies the rise of cosmopolitan values and left-leaning attitudes amongst Young Millennials, particularly students and young women. The situation in the UK is also contrasted with developments in youth participation in other established democracies, including the youthquakes inspired by Obama in the US (2008) and Trudeau in Canada (2015). |
| is voting for young people: The Ones We've Been Waiting For Charlotte Alter, 2020-02-18 An optimistic look at the future of American leadership by a brilliant young reporter A new generation is stepping up. There are now twenty-six millennials in Congress--a fivefold increase gained in the 2018 midterms alone. They are governing Midwestern cities and college towns, running for city councils, and serving in state legislatures. They are acting urgently on climate change (because they are going to live it); they care deeply about student debt (because they have it); they are utilizing big tech but still want to regulate it (because they understand how it works). In The Ones We've Been Waiting For, TIME correspondent Charlotte Alter defines the class of young leaders who are remaking the nation--how grappling with 9/11 as teens, serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, occupying Wall Street and protesting with Black Lives Matter, and shouldering their way into a financially rigged political system has shaped the people who will govern the future. Through the experiences of millennial leaders--from progressive firebrand Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg to Republican up-and-comer Elise Stefanik--Charlotte Alter gives the big-picture look at how this generation governs differently than their elders, and how they may drag us out of our current political despair. Millennials have already revolutionized technology, commerce, and media and have powered the major social movements of our time. Now government is ripe for disruption. The Ones We've Been Waiting For is a hopeful glimpse into a bright new generation of political leaders, and what America might look like when they are in charge. |
| is voting for young people: Drawdown Paul Hawken, 2017-04-18 • New York Times bestseller • The 100 most substantive solutions to reverse global warming, based on meticulous research by leading scientists and policymakers around the world “At this point in time, the Drawdown book is exactly what is needed; a credible, conservative solution-by-solution narrative that we can do it. Reading it is an effective inoculation against the widespread perception of doom that humanity cannot and will not solve the climate crisis. Reported by-effects include increased determination and a sense of grounded hope.” —Per Espen Stoknes, Author, What We Think About When We Try Not To Think About Global Warming “There’s been no real way for ordinary people to get an understanding of what they can do and what impact it can have. There remains no single, comprehensive, reliable compendium of carbon-reduction solutions across sectors. At least until now. . . . The public is hungry for this kind of practical wisdom.” —David Roberts, Vox “This is the ideal environmental sciences textbook—only it is too interesting and inspiring to be called a textbook.” —Peter Kareiva, Director of the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, UCLA In the face of widespread fear and apathy, an international coalition of researchers, professionals, and scientists have come together to offer a set of realistic and bold solutions to climate change. One hundred techniques and practices are described here—some are well known; some you may have never heard of. They range from clean energy to educating girls in lower-income countries to land use practices that pull carbon out of the air. The solutions exist, are economically viable, and communities throughout the world are currently enacting them with skill and determination. If deployed collectively on a global scale over the next thirty years, they represent a credible path forward, not just to slow the earth’s warming but to reach drawdown, that point in time when greenhouse gases in the atmosphere peak and begin to decline. These measures promise cascading benefits to human health, security, prosperity, and well-being—giving us every reason to see this planetary crisis as an opportunity to create a just and livable world. |
| is voting for young people: Who Votes Now? Jan E. Leighley, Jonathan Nagler, 2013-11-24 Who Votes Now? compares the demographic characteristics and political views of voters and nonvoters in American presidential elections since 1972 and examines how electoral reforms and the choices offered by candidates influence voter turnout. Drawing on a wealth of data from the U.S. Census Bureau's Current Population Survey and the American National Election Studies, Jan Leighley and Jonathan Nagler demonstrate that the rich have consistently voted more than the poor for the past four decades, and that voters are substantially more conservative in their economic views than nonvoters. They find that women are now more likely to vote than men, that the gap in voting rates between blacks and whites has largely disappeared, and that older Americans continue to vote more than younger Americans. Leighley and Nagler also show how electoral reforms such as Election Day voter registration and absentee voting have boosted voter turnout, and how turnout would also rise if parties offered more distinct choices. Providing the most systematic analysis available of modern voter turnout, Who Votes Now? reveals that persistent class bias in turnout has enduring political consequences, and that it really does matter who votes and who doesn't. |
| is voting for young people: Is Voting for Young People? Martin P. Wattenberg, 2008 This accessible, provocative, and brief book explores the reasons why the young are less and less likely to follow politics and vote in the United States, as well as in many other established democracies, and suggests ways of changing that. |
| is voting for young people: Government at a Glance 2021 OECD, 2021-07-09 The 2021 edition includes input indicators on public finance and employment; process indicators include data on institutions, budgeting practices, human resources management, regulatory governance, public procurement, governance of infrastructure, public sector integrity, open government and digital government. Outcome indicators cover core government results (e.g. trust, political efficacy, inequality reduction) and indicators on access, responsiveness, quality and satisfaction for the education, health and justice sectors. |
| is voting for young people: Get Out the Vote Donald P. Green, Alan S. Gerber, 2008-09-01 The first edition of Get Out the Vote! broke ground by introducing a new scientific approach to the challenge of voter mobilization and profoundly influenced how campaigns operate. In this expanded and updated edition, the authors incorporate data from more than one hundred new studies, which shed new light on the cost-effectiveness and efficiency of various campaign tactics, including door-to-door canvassing, e-mail, direct mail, and telephone calls. Two new chapters focus on the effectiveness of mass media campaigns and events such as candidate forums and Election Day festivals. Available in time for the core of the 2008 presidential campaign, this practical guide on voter mobilization is sure to be an important resource for consultants, candidates, and grassroots organizations. Praise for the first edition: Donald P. Green and Alan S. Gerber have studied turnout for years. Their findings, based on dozens of controlled experiments done as part of actual campaigns, are summarized in a slim and readable new book called Get Out the Vote!, which is bound to become a bible for politicians and activists of all stripes. —Alan B. Kreuger, in the New York Times Get Out the Vote! shatters conventional wisdom about GOTV. —Hal Malchow in Campaigns & Elections Green and Gerber's recent book represents important innovations in the study of turnout.—Political Science Review Green and Gerber have provided a valuable resource for grassroots campaigns across the spectrum.—National Journal |
| is voting for young people: Vote for US Joshua A. Douglas, 2019 An expert on US election law presents an encouraging assessment of current efforts to make our voting system more accessible, reliable, and effective-- |
| is voting for young people: Letter from Birmingham Jail Martin Luther King, 2025-01-14 A beautiful commemorative edition of Dr. Martin Luther King's essay Letter from Birmingham Jail, part of Dr. King's archives published exclusively by HarperCollins. With an afterword by Reginald Dwayne Betts On April 16, 1923, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., responded to an open letter written and published by eight white clergyman admonishing the civil rights demonstrations happening in Birmingham, Alabama. Dr. King drafted his seminal response on scraps of paper smuggled into jail. King criticizes his detractors for caring more about order than justice, defends nonviolent protests, and argues for the moral responsibility to obey just laws while disobeying unjust ones. Letter from Birmingham Jail proclaims a message - confronting any injustice is an acceptable and righteous reason for civil disobedience. This beautifully designed edition presents Dr. King's speech in its entirety, paying tribute to this extraordinary leader and his immeasurable contribution, and inspiring a new generation of activists dedicated to carrying on the fight for justice and equality. |
| is voting for young people: Young People and Political Participation Jacqueline Briggs, 2016-11-08 This book analyses the various ways and the extent to which young people participate in politics, focusing primarily on the UK and including cross-national comparisons where relevant. It covers topics including: what is meant by political participation; youth political participation on a pan-European basis; new social media and youth political participation; whether the voting age should be lowered to 16; youth participation at the local level; and young women and political participation. Written in a lively and engaging style, the book provides a detailed investigation into the extent to which young people in the twenty-first century are interested and participate in politics. The author has included interviews with many young people, as well as with academics and specialists in the field. The book’s greatest contribution is to the debate surrounding whether or not the voting age should be lowered to 16 – a timely and thought-provoking analysis. |
| is voting for young people: Securing the Vote National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, Policy and Global Affairs, Committee on Science, Technology, and Law, Committee on the Future of Voting: Accessible, Reliable, Verifiable Technology, 2018-09-30 During the 2016 presidential election, America's election infrastructure was targeted by actors sponsored by the Russian government. Securing the Vote: Protecting American Democracy examines the challenges arising out of the 2016 federal election, assesses current technology and standards for voting, and recommends steps that the federal government, state and local governments, election administrators, and vendors of voting technology should take to improve the security of election infrastructure. In doing so, the report provides a vision of voting that is more secure, accessible, reliable, and verifiable. |
| is voting for young people: When You Grow Up to Vote Eleanor Roosevelt, Michelle Markel, 2018-09-25 Eleanor Roosevelt’s book on citizenship for young people now revised and updated for a contemporary audience. In the voice of one of the most iconic and beloved political figures of the twentieth century comes a book on citizenship for the future voters of the twenty-first century. Eleanor Roosevelt published the original edition of When You Grow Up to Vote in 1932, the same year her husband was elected president. The new edition has updated information and back matter as well as fresh, bold art from award-winning artist Grace Lin. Beginning with government workers like firefighters and garbage collectors, and moving up through local government to the national stage, this book explains that the people in government work the voter. Fresh, contemporary, and even fun, When You Grow Up to Vote is the book parents and teachers need to talk to children about how our government is designed to work. |
| is voting for young people: "Let Us Vote!" Jennifer Frost, 2023-11-07 The fascinating tale of how a bipartisan coalition worked successfully to lower the voting age “Let Us Vote!” tells the story of the multifaceted endeavor to achieve youth voting rights in the United States. Over a thirty-year period starting during World War II, Americans, old and young, Democrat and Republican, in politics and culture, built a movement for the 26th Amendment to the US Constitution, which lowered the voting age from twenty-one to eighteen in 1971. This was the last time that the United States significantly expanded voting rights. Jennifer Frost deftly illustrates how the political and social movements of the time brought together bipartisan groups to work tirelessly in pursuit of a lower voting age. In turn, she illuminates the process of achieving political change, with the convergence of “top-down” initiatives and “bottom-up” mobilization, coalition-building, and strategic flexibility. As she traces the progress toward achieving youth suffrage throughout the ’60s, Frost reveals how this movement built upon the social justice initiatives of the decade and was deeply indebted to the fight for African American civil and voting rights. 2021 marks the fiftieth anniversary of this important constitutional amendment and comes at a time when scrutiny of both voting age and voting rights has been renewed. As the national conversation around climate crisis, gun violence, and police brutality creates a new call for a lower voting age, “Let Us Vote!” provides an essential investigation of how this massive political change occurred, and how it could be brought about again. |
| is voting for young people: Turtle Boy M. Evan Wolkenstein, 2020-05-05 SYDNEY TAYLOR BOOK AWARD WINNER A boy who has spent his life living inside a shell discovers the importance of taking chance in this winner (Booklist, starred review) of a friendship story that's perfect for fans of Wonder. Seventh grade is not going well for Will Levine. Kids at school bully him because of his funny-looking chin. And for his bar mitzvah community service project, he's forced to go to the hospital to visit RJ, an older boy struggling with an incurable disease. At first, the boys don't get along, but then RJ shares his bucket list with Will. Among the things he wants to do: ride a roller coaster; go to a school dance; swim in the ocean. To Will, happiness is hanging out in his room, alone, preferably with the turtles he collects. But as RJ's disease worsens, Will realizes he needs to tackle the bucket list on his new friend's behalf before it's too late. It seems like an impossible mission, way outside Will's comfort zone. But as he completes each task with RJ's guidance, Will learns that life is too short to live in a shell. Everyone deserves a friend like Will Levine. --Lynne Kelly, author of Song for a Whale |
| is voting for young people: Voter Suppression in U.S. Elections Jim Downs, 2020 Following the model of the first book in the History in the Headlines (HiH) series (Catherine Clinton's Confederate Statues and Memorialization), Voter Suppression in U.S. Elections offers an enlightening, history-informed conversation about voter disenfranchisement in the United States. The book includes an edited transcript of a conversation hosted by the Library Company of Philadelphia in 2019, as well as the ten best articles students and interested citizens should read about voter access and suppression. The book will have an online presence that hosts additional content (more articles, podcasts, other news) on the press's Manifold digital publishing platform site-- |
| is voting for young people: Is Voting for Young People? Martin P. Wattenberg, 2020 In 2016, Hillary Clinton managed to win the Democratic nomination despite losing young voters to Bernie Sanders by a margin of 73 to 26 percent. The fact that senior citizens were four times more likely to vote in the primaries than young people enabled her to survive her lack of youth appeal. But in the general election, Clinton's problems with young people turned into her Achilles heel. Young people failed to come out to vote as much as she needed, or to support her in sufficient numbers when they did vote. What will happen in 2020, another history-making election? Already in late-2019, journalists are referring to the generation gap as the most important divide among Democratic voters. Is Voting for Young People? explores the reasons why young people are less likely to follow politics and vote in the United States (as well as in many other established democracies) no matter who the candidates are, or what the issues may be. This brief, accessible, and provocative book suggests ways of changing that. For the first time since its original publication in 2006, each chapter has been thoroughly updated to reflect the most recent available data. New to the Fifth Edition For the first time since its original 2006 publication, the entire text has been updated with the most recent available data and analysis. A new chapter has been added--Young People and Politics in the Trump Era. New chapter opening vignettes illustrate one of the key points in each chapter-- |
| is voting for young people: Thank You for Voting Young Readers' Edition Erin Geiger Smith, 2020-06-16 A fascinating look into America’s voting history that will inspire young people to get involved! This young readers’ edition of Thank You for Voting, from debut author and journalist Erin Geiger Smith, presents its information in clear, interesting chapters. Broken into three sections—The Stories of How We Got the Vote, Know Before You Vote, and How to Get People to Vote—this is a book that will appeal to kids 8 to 13 who are politically engaged. But it will also help a middle grader who is more focused on just finding good resources for history and social studies reports. Voting is a privilege and a right, but it hasn’t always been for many people. From the founding fathers to Jim Crow to women’s suffrage to gerrymandering—and everything in between—readers will get a look at the complex history of voting and become empowered to ask BIG questions like: —What can I do to support my favorite leader? —Who can I talk to about the issues I believe in? —How can I make a difference in my community? Every citizen has the right to vote. Let each one count! |
| is voting for young people: American Voting Behavior Eugene Burdick, Arthur J. Brodbeck, 1977-09-26 |
Re-engaging Young People in Voting Final Report
Evidence suggests that the turnout of young people voting in general i s lower than the average for the population. For national elections, figures based on the 2010 election (Ipsos Mori, 2010) …
Increasing Youth Voter Turnout - London School of Economics …
influence in order to tackle the crux of this research, that of finding a solution to young people’s low voting turnout. The school is also an important agent of primary political socialisation. It …
reengaging young people in voting - Local Government Association
3.1 Young people are motivated by issues rather than party politics 7 3.2 Young people lack knowledge and understanding of the UK political system 8 3.3 Young people need to relate to …
Engaging young people - Local Government Association
Engaging young people 11 There has been growing concern about the lack of interest and involvement of young people in elections over the last 10 years. The main barriers to voting in …
A guide for young people - The Children's Society
young people: rising poverty and the cost-of-living crisis, long waits for mental health support, and more children being impacted by ... Give An X – A youth-led campaign to get young people …
Votes-at-16 in Scotland - University of Edinburgh
In Scotland, young people aged 16 and 17 have been included in the franchise for the 2014 referendum on independence and, since 2015, for all Scottish and local elections. ...
Young people's participation in European democratic processes
There are many reasons for the current situation in young people's political participation. Young people are indeed underrepresented in numbers. However, also the arenas of expression need …
This pamphlet was produced by the Votes at 16 Coalition Steering
Young people want the vote There is a clear and consistent demand from young people for Votes at 16. Thousands of young people have signed up to support lowering the voting age to 16. All …
Young people, political participation and trust in Britain
Young people in Britain are even less likely to participate in elections than are their older contemporaries. Only 39% of eligible 18 to 24 year olds voted at the General Election in 2001, …
Turnout, age and the rise of - University of Bath
The impact of age on voting behaviour and political outcomes has become an issue of increasing political and public interest, particularly in the UK. Registration to vote and ... subsequent …
Literature Review - The University of Liverpool
In recent years, young people have been voting less and less in general elections. While nearly three quarters of young people voted in the 1995 election, less than half voted in 2001.Some …
Lowering the voting age to 16: Young people making a case for …
ering the voting age, we could advance that we see a tendency towards ‘adultsplaining’ on this issue (adultsplaining is used here by analogy to the term ‘mansplaining’). This means that …
Getting Young People to Vote: - socialstudies.org
rience, and young Latinos and Asian Americans remain underrepresented in civic and political engagement. For instance, young people with a four-year college degree were four times as …
How Young People in Scotland Experience the Right to Vote at 16 ...
affect young people and their experience of elections. 3. ‘Votes-at-16’ in Scotland The introduction of ‘Votes-at-16’ in Scotland brought together several of the fac-tors assumed to shape young …
12 Ways Young People Can Get Involved in Politics - Our Bright …
Voting deserves the top spot on this list – it is the ultimate way that democracy works and the voice of the people is heard . Voting isn’t just restricted to UK-wide elections either. Look out …
Social differentiation in young people's political participation: the ...
H5: Young people who have opted to remain in full-time education will be more engaged with formal politics than those young people who have left. Research design The study is based …
Is Voting for Young People? - api.pageplace.de
Is Voting for Young People? Is Voting for Young People? explores the reasons why young people are less likely to follow politics and vote in the United States and other established …
Voter Turnout Trends around the World - ide, a
awareness about the extent of people’s participation in elections, but also, and more importantly, helps electoral stakeholders to make informed policy decisions and programmatic choices to …
Youth participation in European elections - European Parliament
impediment to young people's participation . European democracy is about much more than just voting – it is also about civicengagement and participation in the democratic process. Over the …
Is Voting for Young People? - api.pageplace.de
Is Voting for Young People? explores the reasons why young people are less likely to follow politics and vote in the United States (as well as in many other established democracies), no …
Civic Engagement of Young People in Malaysia - HRMARS
should ensure young people's rights are not taken for granted. Voting is the expected outcome of young people's civic participation in a community. However, doubts have been cast by various parties in society on the ability of young people to make …
Political interest, recognition and acceptance of voting …
acceptance of voting responsibility, and electoral participation: young people’s perspective, Journal of Youth Studies, DOI: 10.1080/13676261.2021.1902963 To link to this article: https://doi ...
Electoral Statistics for Scotland
1 Dec 2020 · In 2015 the voting age for Scottish Parliament and local government elections was lowered to 16. A sixth of the electorate is registered for a postal vote ... • At 1 December 2020, there were 73,300 young people aged 16 or 17 registered to vote at Scottish Parliament and Local Government elections, accounting for 1.7% of the total
Factors Affecting Youth Voting 242 Preferences in the Philippine ...
by young people, since one-third of the voting population come from the young demographic (Patinio, 2018). It is therefore rel- evant to look into the voting preferences of the young voters.
Voter Turnout Trends around the World - ide, a
Cover photograph: ‘Voting queue in Addis Ababa’ (© BBC World Service/Uduak Amimo) made available on Flickr under the terms of a Creative Commons licence (CC-BY-NC 2.0) ... awareness about the extent of people’s participation in elections, but also, and more importantly, helps electoral stakeholders to make informed policy ...
Voting Behavior Among Young Adults: An Analysis of Youth …
Since the act of voting is habit-forming, young people must engage in the polls early on. It is imperative to raise awareness about the factors that cause young people not to vote so that they may take action and encourage themselves to vote. There have been various studies that have attempted to explain why people participate in elections,
Voting - OECD iLibrary
legal voting age, the voting registration system (automatic or requiring action by the potential voter) and whether voting is compulsory or not. In most OECD and European countries, the legal voting age in the national elections is 18 years old, but young people can vote from age 16 in Austria and from age 17 in Korea.
Young People and Politics in Australia: an Introduction - Springer
about the age at which young people should be allowed to vote. In the third article, From Denizen to Citizen: Contesting Representations of Young People and the Voting Age, Judith Bessant casts doubt on representations which frame young people as being cognitively deficient and politically illiterate. She argues that such characterisations
Young people’s views on complaints and advocacy - UCL
or young people in care, getting children’s social care support or living away from home. With my team, I do ... Sixty-six of the children and young people who took part in our voting session told us their gender. Thirty-nine were girls and 27 were boys. Out of the 67 who told us their age, six were under 12, 19 were aged 12 ...
Young People Face Higher Voting Costs and Are Less Informed …
8 Aug 2020 · age Americans about their experiences with registering and voting. I find that young people face higher barriers to voting than other age groups. Compared to seniors, today’s youth 1) are less informed about the voting process and how to research candidates and issues; 2) struggle more to find the time to vote, to
Compulsory voting may reinforce the resentment young people …
A major drawback of introducing such a compulsory voting scheme for young people is that it singles them out as ‘different’ from the rest of the adult population, helping to reinforce the stereotype of this current youth generation as apathetic and politically irresponsible. The implication being that it is the behaviour of young people ...
The voting strategies of young people : A conceptual framework ...
different voting approaches employed by young people. The findings show that young people are not a homogenous group of disinterested and disengaged voters. Instead, within a population of young citizens there are varying levels of interest and effort being invested into electoral participation. Keywords: First-time voters, young people, voting ...
Youth participation in European elections - European Parliament
impediment to young people's participation . European democracy is about much more than just voting – it is also about civicengagement and participation in the democratic process. Over the years, what political participation looks like has evolved, especially among young people . Large-scale protests and ral lies, engagement in the digtial
This pamphlet was produced by the Votes at 16 Coalition Steering
Young people want the vote There is a clear and consistent demand from young people for Votes at 16. Thousands of young people have signed up to support lowering the voting age to 16. All the leading young people-led organisations – the British Youth Council, the UK Youth Parliament, the Scottish Youth Parliament,
By Elise Uberoi Turnout at elections
the total number of valid votes as a proportion of all people registered to vote, unless stated otherwise. In the UK, elections are held at different levels of governance. ... Data for 1964 and 1966 refers to people aged 21-24 as the voting age was 21 not 18; estimates based on British Election Study data have been adjusted for actual turnout ...
Shawbury Parish Plan (7) Youndrens Voting-Young People
When asked what would make Shawbury better for young people, 23.1% said that they wanted "more things to do", with greater access to sports facilities second with 17.9% and more places to meet and better transport third and fourth respectively. With regards to young people's thoughts on the play/recreation areas in the village, 84.9%
A Coming of Age: How and why the UK became the first …
frame it was feared young people might have less commitment to the existing political system and established social norms. The UK government was keen to recognise that young people were reaching traditional markers of adulthood (full-time employment, independent living, marriage) at an earlier age during this period than in previous generations.
WELCOME TO YOUR VOTE - Electoral Commission
by voting in elections, so you help to choose who represents you and makes decisions on your behalf. Right now, more people can vote in Scotland than ever before. It doesn’t matter where you were born or what your nationality is, as long as you are resident in Scotland, you can vote in some elections when you turn 16.
Should We Increase Young People’s Voting Power? - Springer
outcome-oriented case for increasing young people’s voting power. More specifically, I shall argue that the two main principles of democratic inclusion – the all-affected principle and the all-subjected principle – when plausibly understood, both support age-weighting of votes.
Electoral Statistics for Scotland
At 1 December 2018, there were 78,400 young people aged 16 or 17 registered to vote at Scottish Parliament and Local Government elections, accounting for 1.9% of the total electorate. This is a decrease of 5,200 (6.2%) on the previous year. Over a sixth of the Scottish electorate was registered for postal voting at 1 December 2018. This
Meaningful Participation and Engagement of Children and Young People
young people actually speak up and respond to that in any way then we are just shut out.” 3 Meaningful Participation and Engagement of Children and Young People — Children in Scotland’s Principles & Guidelines 3 2 Children's Comments from the 'UNCRC Concluding Observations' Seminar 2017 - Children and Young People’s Evidence Bank
British Politics and Policy at LSE: Lowering the voting age: three ...
Rather, voting age reform was a consequence of the desire of political leaders to align the voting age with what society increasingly perceived as the new age of adulthood. Lowering the voting age was part of package of reforms which attempted to streamline the age at which young people were seen to become adults.
Young Voter Power - Intergenerational Foundation
• Whether young people live in a marginal constituency or not, their votes should matter. 4. Intergenerational Foundation www.if.org.uk charity no:1142230 1. Introduction ... voting is a habit that people are less likely to take up in later life if they don’t do it when they are young (IPPR, 2015), and politicians have a rational incentive ...
From Barriers to Ballots: Identifying and Reducing Voting Barriers …
Voting is no longer a private matter. It “Some political leaders try feels unsafe now.” to prevent young people from voting.” 58% of participants agreed. Registration and Voting Experiences of barriers “I thought people were being intimidated at the polls.” 43% of participants agreed. One youth reported the biggest
VOTING RIGHTS AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES
• Protect the rights of communities that have historically been excluded from freely voting. Young people have shown time and time again their ability and desire to participate civically and politically. Youth are raising . awareness about issues, leading movements, and persuading friends, peers and policymakers. When young people are
How did young people vote at the 2015 general election
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We don’t need to lower the voting age to ensure MPs listen to …
minimum voting age at 18 and which also showed that young people themselves were divided on the question. The Commission also referred to voter turnout, although I have to say that the argument about voter turnout is not my strongest argument; just because people between the age of 18 and 25 turn out to vote at very low levels, that is
Fact Sheet Commissioner for Children & Young People Reducing the Voting ...
in Bosnia, Serbia and Montenegro, young people who are employed are entitled to vote; while all married people over the age of 16 are entitled to vote in Hungary. Other countries have introduced a hybrid system, offering optional voting rights for young people (typically 16 and 17 years of age) while still maintaining compulsory voting
Youth Voting: State and city approaches to early civic …
adults and to continue voting thereafter. • Draw young people into the process while motivation is still high: When young adults leave home, the influence of their parents’ strong voting habits decreases and the influences of their peers’ weaker voting patterns increases.16 One study found that 18-year-olds were far more likely to vote ...
YOUNG PEOPLE’S HUMAN POLITICS OF VOTING AGE - Springer
Proxy voting on behalf of young children, it will be sug-gested, is antithetical to the notion of the democratic vote as a form of free ... Holders Are Young People Under 18 Years—that Age Restrictions on the Vote Need to be Justified by the Government as …
Youth political participation in the EU: evidence from a cross ...
2008; Sloam 2016). Others found that young people are equally disengaged from formal and informal political participation (Grasso 2014; Fox 2015). Young people are often seen as disengaged,alienated, and/or apathetic whenit comes to political engagement. There is tremendous value in repeated studies on youth disen-gagement in single countries.
Understanding and Confronting Barriers to Youth Voting in …
Moreover, we contend that young people find voting to be a relatively unsatisfying form of participation. Important motivations for voting, such as civic duty, are not particularly high among young people. Instead, young people seek out more expressive activities, such as protesting or contacting elected representatives.
Growing into Voting : Election Turnout among Young People and …
ars that voting is a habit formed early on in life, when young people encounter their first elections after coming of age. It is, however, still a matter of debate as to whether voting is an act of habit. Three of the ... If voting is a habit largely formed at a young person’s first election, then it could
SYP Elections 2023 How to Vote - Scottish Youth Parliament
•Edinburgh Western - To vote go to https://voting.young.scot/ • Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire - To vote go to https://voting.young.scot/ • Falkirk East - To vote go to https://voting.young.scot/ • Falkirk West - To vote go to https://voting.young.scot/ • Federation of Islamic Students Society - Uncontested – no election • Galloway and West Dumfries – Young …
Youth, social media and European elections - European Parliament
19 % of young people say they are not interested in politics and 13 % say they are not interested in voting. Although voting was considered the most effective action for making their voices heard by decision-makers, 'engaging in social media ' came in second place , selected by 32 % of the young respondents. A 2023 European Parliament . study
THE CASE FOR LOWERING THE VOTING AGE IN AUSTRALIA
right.45 Creating a soft entry to vote instils feelings of autonomy for young people to make their own informed decisions.46 In favour of voluntary voting, the Australian Greens Party argued that a soft launch into voting allowed young people to familiarise themselves with the process, without the fear of being penalised.47
Depression in young people - The Lancet
Depression rates in young people have risen sharply in the past decade, especially in females, which is of concern . because adolescence is a period of rapid social, emotional, and cognitive development and key life transitions. Adverse outcomes associated with depression in young people include depression recurrence; the onset of other psychiatric
Getting Young People to Vote: - socialstudies.org
instance, young people with a four-year college degree were four times as likely to vote in 2018 as young people without a high school diploma. Moreover, the “youngest youth” (those aged 18 or 19) were the least likely to vote. This isn’t a coincidence: research shows that contacting young people about voting increases their
Youth Voter Engagement: Developing Strategies to Sustainably …
6 Apr 2021 · Shifting resources to young people through ambassadorships, fellowships, and as micro-influencers (paying young people with some followership on social media to encourage registering and voting) was deemed effective in 2020 by interviewees. 3. Young people can be a bridge to older demographics. Interviewees discussed how the pandemic
Punching below their weight: yOUNG SOUTH AFRICANS’ RECENT vOTING …
yOUNG SOUTH AFRICANS’ RECENT vOTING PATTERNS Tracking young people’s election participation is one way of shedding light on the degree to which youth are choosing to engage with society and the national values embedded in the political system. Duncan Scott, Mohammed Vawda, Sharlene Swartz and Arvin Bhana present
Voting at 16? Youth suffrage is up for debate - SAGE Journals
Lowering the voting age: pros and cons discussed in political science The scientific debate is focused on the turn-out of young people and the quality of their vote choice. The main concern addresses findings that young people are less interested in politics and less knowledgeable than older people are (e.g.
Should the UK lower the voting age to 16? - London School of …
of the People Act in 1969 that saw the legal voting age lowered from 21 to 18 reflected changing attitudes during the immediate post-war period towards young people and also acknowledged a wider transformation in how people understood the rights, roles and responsibilities of young adults. The challenges facing young people in the 21st century
Generational Values and Political Participation in Recent U.S.
young people from voting in the first few years that they are eligible during the volatile and vulnerable transition to adulthood period (Juelich & Coll, 2020). For example, as first-time voters, young people may move more often or struggle more to find the time to vote, to plan ahead to vote, and to balance . 4
A Guide to The Effective Involvement of Children and Young People
Article 13: Children and young people have the right to get and to share information, as long as the information is not damaging to them or others. Article 17: Children and young people have the right to receive, seek and give information. Article 23: Disabled children and young people have the right to active participation in their community.
YOUTH POLITICAL PARTICIPATION - Portal
also have new ideas. Thus, youth participation is considered as a way in which young people can “enlighten” policy makers to be more informed and aware of young people’s reality, in order to “rejuvenate” the political system and develop better policies and services. • Participation as an instrument of young people’s development.
Sarah Pickard, Politics, Protest and Young People. Political ...
Chapter 9 Young people, the voting age and votes at 16 Chapter 10 Young people and the ì í7 General Election: The Youthquake [ Part III Young people and non-electoral political participation
A VOTING CURRICULUM LESSON PLANS learning - FairVote
Voting rates among young people have declined since 18-year-olds gained the right to vote in 1971. A recent poll of 18 to 24-year-olds by Harvard University’s ... have insisted that the reason young people don’t vote is because of the vicious cycle of political neglect and apathy. They say young people don’t vote because
Consultation Paper on Lowering the Voting Age to 16 - Gibraltar …
Young people start to take an interest in politics as from school years 10 and 11 or when they go to college or begin work. By lowering the voting age to 16, it encourages the habit of voting and increases young people’s engagement in politics. It allows them to have a voice in decisions and raises awareness of
Factors Affecting Youth Voting 242 Preferences in the Philippine ...
by young people, since one-third of the voting population come from the young demographic (Patinio, 2018). It is therefore rel- evant to look into the voting preferences of the young voters.
TASC Policy Brief
The young people interviewed by TASC declared climate change, housing, healthcare, and education to be the most pressing facing the younger generations, which is reflected in their voting choices, with the majority of young people voting for parties who ran on a platform of radical change such as Sinn Féin and the Green Party.
