My epic stream by https://padlet.com/aolivocarrillo_19/nxxygpp30i2s Made with a wink and a smile en-us 2018-01-15 08:44:59 UTC 2023-02-07 06:56:21 UTC hello@padlet.com Assess the current state of youth political involvement in the United States. aolivocarrillo_19 https://padlet.com/aolivocarrillo_19/nxxygpp30i2s/wish/221370153 2018-01-15 08:45:13 UTC https://padlet.com/aolivocarrillo_19/nxxygpp30i2s/wish/221370153 aolivocarrillo_19 https://padlet.com/aolivocarrillo_19/nxxygpp30i2s/wish/221538667 https://civicyouth.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/circle-contact-infographic.jpghttps://civicyouth.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/circle-contact-infographic.jpg]]> 2018-01-15 21:28:53 UTC https://padlet.com/aolivocarrillo_19/nxxygpp30i2s/wish/221538667 aolivocarrillo_19 https://padlet.com/aolivocarrillo_19/nxxygpp30i2s/wish/221538909 media.namx.org/images/editorial/2014/10/1008/k_abudulla_youth_vote/k_abudulla_youth_vote_500x279.jpg ]]> 2018-01-15 21:30:25 UTC https://padlet.com/aolivocarrillo_19/nxxygpp30i2s/wish/221538909 “Groups that are concerned about low youth turnout are focusing on innovative ways of reaching out to young people via new technologies, such as social networking” (7) aolivocarrillo_19 https://padlet.com/aolivocarrillo_19/nxxygpp30i2s/wish/221540112 This quote shows that the youth is only reached by social media if they are not interested in looking up information themselves. This method may be very bias decreasing interest by allowing the youth to continue believing that the government system is corrupt.]]> 2018-01-15 21:39:37 UTC https://padlet.com/aolivocarrillo_19/nxxygpp30i2s/wish/221540112 “ Young people often complain that the elderly have far more political clout than they do — turnout statistics make it clear why this is the case. In recent decades the voters turnout rate for people under 25 has consistently been much lower than that for senior citizens, particularly for midterm elections.” (5) aolivocarrillo_19 https://padlet.com/aolivocarrillo_19/nxxygpp30i2s/wish/221541558 The participation of youth as voters has decreased continuously. The older a person is the more interested the person becomes in politics. ]]> 2018-01-15 21:50:21 UTC https://padlet.com/aolivocarrillo_19/nxxygpp30i2s/wish/221541558 “ Lack of interest leads to lack of information. the National Election Study. Always asks a substantial battery of political knowledge questions. In 2008 young people were correct only 20 percent of the time whereas people over 65 were correct more than twice as often. Whether the question concerned identifying partisan control of the House and Senate, or accurately estimating the unemployment rate, the result was the same: young people clearly less knowledgeable than elderly”(4) aolivocarrillo_19 https://padlet.com/aolivocarrillo_19/nxxygpp30i2s/wish/221543505 The fact that the youth has no interest in politics creates an age gap that decreases the chance of change In the country. The fact that the age gap has grown is very troublesome because they are the future voters and leaders of the world.]]> 2018-01-15 22:09:41 UTC https://padlet.com/aolivocarrillo_19/nxxygpp30i2s/wish/221543505