America's Youth | Young People Are Not Interested in Politics

They say that good habits formed early last a lifetime. Unfortunately, voting is not a habit of many young people, which may be one explanation as to why voter turnout is dismally low in this country. While a pitiful 49 percent of eligible voters showed up at the polls in 1996, an even smaller number of young people voted: According to the U.S. Census, only 32 percent of eligible eighteen to twenty-four year olds exercised their right to vote. If the tide is going to turn on voting practices in this country, more will have to be done to ensure that voting becomes a healthy habit. [In the...

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