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 democracies, no matter who the candidates are, or what the issues may be. An important read for students of democracy, political participation, elections, and voter behaviour

List of contents

Introduction 1. The Aging of Regular Newspaper Readers 2. The Aging Audience for Politics on TV 3. Don't Ask Anyone Under 30 4. Where Have All the Young Voters Gone? 5. Do Young Adults See Voting as a Civic Duty? 6. Does Low Youth Turnout Really Matter? 7. A New Civic Engagement Among Young People? 8. Was Voting for Young People in the Obama Era? 9. Young People and Politics in the Trump Era and Beyond 10. What Can Be Done?

About the author

Martin P. Wattenberg is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Irvine, USA.

Summary

Explores the reasons why young people are less likely to follow politics and vote in the United States and other established democracies, no matter who the candidates are, or what the issues may be. An important read for students of democracy, political participation, elections, and voter behaviour

Product details

• Authors: Martin P. Wattenberg, Wattenberg Martin P.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.03.2024
• EAN: 9781032633763
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3263376-3
• No. of pages: 190
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > General, dictionaries; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, Political structures: democracy, Civil rights & citizenship, Elections & referenda, Civics and citizenship, Elections and referenda / suffrage