Is Voting for Young People?: Completely Updated Through the 2018 Election

ISBN-13: 9780367467692 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 198 str.

Martin P. Wattenberg

Opis

This book explores the reasons why young people are less likely to follow politics and vote in the United States, no matter who the candidates are, or what the issues may be. For the first time since its original publication in 2006, each chapter has been thoroughly updated to reflect the most recent available data.

Spis treści

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  10. What Can Be Done?

O autorze

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