Is voting for young people? : with a postscript on citizen engagement / Martin P. Wattenberg.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Great questions in politics seriesPublication details: New York : Pearson Longman, c2008.Edition: 1st ed. with postscriptDescription: xii, 212 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780205518074 (pbk.)
  • 0205518079 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HQ 799.P6 .W35 2008
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Contents:
The aging of regular newspaper readers -- The aging audience for politics on TV -- Don't ask anyone under 30 -- Where have all the young voters gone? -- Do young adults see voting as a civic duty? -- Does low youth turnout really matter? -- What can be done? -- Postscript : a new civic engagement among young people?
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

The aging of regular newspaper readers -- The aging audience for politics on TV -- Don't ask anyone under 30 -- Where have all the young voters gone? -- Do young adults see voting as a civic duty? -- Does low youth turnout really matter? -- What can be done? -- Postscript : a new civic engagement among young people?

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.

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