Current State of the Youth in Politics by Samantha Baron https://padlet.com/sbaron_19/ehdv8gictj61 Assessing the current state of youth political involvement in the United States. en-us 2018-01-11 16:58:43 UTC 2025-10-19 08:06:35 UTC hello@padlet.com Quote 1: "Lack of political interest among young people hit a record high during the 2000 campaign between Bush and Gore, when over two-thirds said they rarely followed public affairs. Since then, political interest among young people has recovered somewhat; however, compared to senior citizens, they are still twice as likely to report low political interest." Page 4 sbaron_19 https://padlet.com/sbaron_19/ehdv8gictj61/wish/220682662 The youth was shown as uninterested in politics in the 2000 election and since that studied youth did not follow politics that election, they did not make a large attempt to follow them the next election. Thus creating an apathy to their political parties and their government. (Image and Quote from textbook)]]> 2018-01-11 17:07:42 UTC https://padlet.com/sbaron_19/ehdv8gictj61/wish/220682662 Quote 2: "The ups and downs in the graph are much more evident among young people because they are less interested in politics and hence less likely to be regular voters." Page 6 sbaron_19 https://padlet.com/sbaron_19/ehdv8gictj61/wish/220682991 The graph illustrates the youth and the older population turnouts for presidential elections and congressional elections. The zig-zag line means that there are higher turnouts at presidential elections than  there are for congressional elections. The author believes this is partly because the youth does not understand or know about how congressional elections work, and what purpose they show. (Image and Quote from textbook)]]> 2018-01-11 17:08:24 UTC https://padlet.com/sbaron_19/ehdv8gictj61/wish/220682991 Quote 3: "In sum, young people today have never known a time when most citizens paid attention to major political events. As a result, most of them have yet to get into the habit of following and participating in politics." Page 7 sbaron_19 https://padlet.com/sbaron_19/ehdv8gictj61/wish/220683210 A study was done that backs up this theory: This graph below is a secondary source I found that describes the lack of interest from the youth in politics and the economy compared to the older generations. (Quote from textbook, Image from https://www.americanpressinstitute.org/publications/reports/survey-research/personal-news-cycle/)]]> 2018-01-11 17:08:50 UTC https://padlet.com/sbaron_19/ehdv8gictj61/wish/220683210