Thoughts and Understanding on the Decline of Voter Participation
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SummaryIt is a common knowledge that the most general type of political behavior is voting. Voting fundamentally represent the idea of Government being enacted by the people for the people. This is the time when a regular John Doe has a power to decide on whom, he thinks is the best to represent him and his country. This decision is not a simple one, whether he is voting for a local region representative, a representative of his state in Congress or a representative of his country who will lead all the people. Voting can be considered not only the most common political behavior but also the most important one. This is the time when an individual is given a power to hear all the platforms presented to him, to analyze all the sides and their ideologies, believes and future goals. After that, he can cast a concrete and educated ballot.
However, if we look at our resent history the voter turnout has been declining steadily for the last 40 years now. If it is common knowledge that voting is amongst the most important of all political behaviors, then why are people taking it so lightly? What are those factors that make people not to cast their ballot?
However, if we look at our resent history the voter turnout has been declining steadily for the last 40 years now. If it is common knowledge that voting is amongst the most important of all political behaviors, then why are people taking it so lightly? What are those factors that make people not to cast their ballot?
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- If we look at our resent history the voter turnout has been declining steadily for the last 40 years now.
- One of the best predictions of voting behaviors in the person is whether or not he voted in the past.
- We can analyze education as a trend of political participation under socioeconomic factor for two conditions.
- We cannot miss the moral decay and distrust in our government.
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