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Depite years of protests to lower the voting age, young voters exhibit the same apathy as older people. That holds true in national, state and local elections, including those on the SIUE campus. ... According to John Farrell, a political science professor at SIUE, this is a common feeling among the young or college voter.
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www.siue.edu/ALESTLE/library/spring99/mar.30.99/voter.h...
www.siue.edu/ALESTLE/library/spring99/mar.30.99/voter.html
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Much of America's youth is apolitical. ... Yvote2000 also provides online voter registration. Other sites are devoted to finding an antidote to young voter apathy, too. Rock the Vote was founded 10 years ago to fight censorship and promote First Amendment rights.
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www.govspot.com/features/youngvoterapathy.htm
www.govspot.com/features/youngvoterapathy.htm
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What needs work These graphs are meant to illustrate voter apathy by age group. Jay Livingston, blogger at Montclair socioblog, points out that comparisons between age groups would be far easier if all the age groups appeared on one graph. ... These graphs are meant to illustrate voter apathy by age group.
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contexts.org/graphicsociology/2009/11/14/mapping-voter-...
contexts.org/graphicsociology/2009/11/14/mapping-voter-apathy-by-age/
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Voter fatigue - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In politics, voter fatigue is the apathy that the electorate can experience when they are required to vote too often. It is often used as a criticism of the direct democracy system, in which voters ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_fatigue
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Voter apathy is creeping up slowly. Some call it "political depression" and it begs the question: If people don't participate, at what point does a democracy cease to be democratic? ... "The word apathy means that they have no interest, no emotion, no feelings, no voice on the issues," Gans said. "There is disgust...
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www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/july-dec00/brokensy...
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Pennsylvania's voter turnout in 2009 was a mere 21%. Pennsylvania’s 2009 election was more of a referendum on voter apathy than President Barack Obama.
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www.pennlive.com/editorials/index.ssf/2009/11/voter_apa...
www.pennlive.com/editorials/index.ssf/2009/11/voter_aparty_was_clear_winner.html
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According to this research, voter apathy is the least important reason for not voting: only 10% of the Electoral Commission's sample of non-voters said they had not voted because they were "not interested". Music to those eager to spend lots of taxpayers' money on "schemes for innovative electoral procedures".
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www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2001/nov/06/socialsciences....
www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2001/nov/06/socialsciences.polls
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Apathy is Boring is a national non-partisan project that uses art, media and technology to encourage active citizenry, outreaching to a broad demographic of youth about how to be more involved in their communities and the democratic process. ... Apathy is Boring aims to use art, and technology to educate Canadian youth...
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www.apathyisboring.com/
www.apathyisboring.com/
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