Is voting for young people? : with a postscript on citizen engagement

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Is voting for young people? : with a postscript on citizen engagement

Martin P. Wattenberg

(Great questions in politics series)

Pearson/Longman, c2008

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

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.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: The Aging of Regular Newspaper Readers Chapter 2: The Aging Audience for Politics on TV Chapter 3: Don't Ask Anyone Under 30 Chapter 4: Where Have All the Young Voters Gone? Chapter 5: Do Young Adults See Voting as a Civic Duty? Chapter 6: Does Low Youth Turnout Really Matter? Chapter 7: What Can Be Done? Postscript: New Forms of Citizen Engagement

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