What do we know, How do we know it? by Bevin Schmer https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1 Young people are not voting. Something needs to get them to the polls in 2020. en-us 2019-04-23 15:25:31 UTC 2025-10-18 13:35:21 UTC hello@padlet.com https://imgglb.padletcdn.com/v13/image?t=g_auto&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpadlet.net%2Ficons%2Fpng%2F1f5f3.png What do we know? schmerb https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353422837 How do we know it?
*Don't forget to connect your comments to others to show how they relate!]]> 2019-04-23 15:49:15 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353422837 23.7 Million young people voted in 2016 schmerb https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353425696 As of this writing (noon on November 9, 2016), an estimated 23.7 million young voters participated in the 2016 presidential election, which is 50% of citizens aged 18-29 in the United States. ]]> 2019-04-23 15:55:30 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353425696 Youth changing the world 2020arp https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353489064 the main four reasons younger people aren't voting is  They’re not asked or encouraged to vote by candidates, campaigns, family, friends, or neighbors.2 They’re not taught how the government and elections work or feel like they don’t know enough to vote.There are too many barriers for them to overcome They’re not interested in politics or feel like voting won’t make a difference.]]> 2019-04-23 18:13:08 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353489064 What can we do? kordeler https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353491937 In order to get more young people to vote, there are certain steps that we should be liable to take:  We can make classroom registration essential for older high school students, as well as college students. The biggest obstacle in voting for young adults is registering beforehand, as many forget this is a step that needs to be taken. It's also essential to encourage students to vote. Many households, as well as the government itself isn't pushing these young people to make a political difference. ]]> 2019-04-23 18:19:22 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353491937 What do we Know? Why young people are not voting... 2020gre https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353492132 2019-04-23 18:19:49 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353492132 Better political education in schools 2020arp https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353492754 If young people barely understand the structure of government, the legislative process, or the first-past-the-post voting system, let alone the EU, then how can they be expected to engage with it? By not having politics on the curriculum, the government is failing to properly educate future voters. ]]> 2019-04-23 18:21:18 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353492754 What we can do? https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353493395 Matthew McCormack & Clayton Grisham
We can create a law that fines those who don't vote/participate  like the system in current day Australia that requires voters to vote in national elections but not in local governments. If an individual does not vote then they are fined $20.

https://www.aec.gov.au/faqs/voting_australia.htm]]> 2019-04-23 18:22:35 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353493395 2020alp https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353493573 Midterm elections have been especially disappointing. In 2014, less than 20 percent of young people voted. ]]> 2019-04-23 18:22:59 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353493573 what we know 2020nlk https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353493587 - we know that 50% of eligible young people—about 24 million youth, ages 18-29—voted in the 2016 general election.
-https://civicyouth.org/quick-facts/youth-voting/
- according to Duke today High school civics classes are not adequately preparing youth to understand the basic skills they need for the voting process.
-https://today.duke.edu/2018/10/why-so-many-young-people-don%E2%80%99t-vote
- another reason young people don't vote is because if your parents don't vote you probably don't vote
-myself]]> 2019-04-23 18:23:00 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353493587 2020alp https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353493846 Young people don't vote because voting and registering to vote can be logistically confusing. Its an unfamiliar process and young people have no idea what to expect. May be difficult to vote because young people move alot so they will often need to update their address and some college students who move states have trouble because some states have laws where you are required to b a resident of the state to vote. ]]> 2019-04-23 18:23:34 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353493846 statistics 2020arp https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353494623 Preliminary results from ABC exit polls suggest that voters ages 18 to 29 will make up 13 percent of the overall electorate in this year’s midterms, up from 11 percent in 2014. While early voting across every age group increased compared with the 2014 midterms, the surge is most pronounced among voters ages 18 to 29. More than 3.3 million voters from that group cast their votes early. That’s a 188 percent increase from 2014, according to data from TargetSmart, a political-data-analysis firm.  ]]> 2019-04-23 18:25:19 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353494623 2020jdh https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353495283 trump only won over 1/3 of the millennial's in the 2016 election ]]> 2019-04-23 18:26:46 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353495283 What do we know? 2020asp https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353495319 It says that young adults don't vote if their parents don't make them.
https://ysa.org/4-reasons-young-people-dont-vote-and-what-to-do-about-it/]]> 2019-04-23 18:26:52 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353495319 What can we do? kordeler https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353495828 Another thing we can do is increase political awareness in youth because it is incredibly low. Many young voters don't use their votes because they don't educate themselves on their candidates, and they don't want to throw their vote away on someone they have little to no knowledge of.]]> 2019-04-23 18:28:01 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353495828 What to blame or young people not voting. 2020haw https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353495877 According to Sunshine Hillygus, a political scientist at Duke University, says the main reasons that young people do not vote is due to high school civics classes are not emphasizing importance of voting, teachers often shy away from politics as not to offend anyone, and the voter registration laws are sometimes fluid (the preregistration laws such as in North Carolina but have been removed).]]> 2019-04-23 18:28:08 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353495877 What do we know? 2020asp https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353495898 People are saying young adults aren't getting the knowledge to vote.
https://ysa.org/4-reasons-young-people-dont-vote-and-what-to-do-about-it/]]> 2019-04-23 18:28:11 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353495898 What can we do? 2020skb https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353496146 in a way to get the younger people to vote, you have to get more adults to vote first. In the article, it says children are more likely to vote if their parents vote.]]> 2019-04-23 18:28:43 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353496146 Voter Turnout by age 2020ajb3 https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353496901 This shows that young voters (aged 18-29) have been among the lowest percentage of voter turnouts for a long time. This may be because young people are disinterested by politics and all the negative energy.  In this graph, it shows that the turnout for midterm elections is almost halved among young voters. I believe this is because many people don't know the importance of the midterm elections.

]]> 2019-04-23 18:30:26 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353496901 reasons we don't vote 2020nlk https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353496981 - according to  Washington post young people don't vote because they are the “me generation,” stuck to their phones and uninterested in politics. Are they right?]]> 2019-04-23 18:30:35 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353496981 Why are young people not Voting? 2020gre https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353497395 The main reason young people aren´t voting is because of their parents. Young people just vote based on what their parents think and agree with instead of voting based on their beliefs or they just don´t vote at all because they´re parents vote.  
https://www.studentpost.org/2017/12/why-young-people-arent-voting/]]> 2019-04-23 18:31:30 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353497395 millennial's and gen z 2020jdh https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353498113 Millennials and Generation Xers cast 69.6 million votes in the 2016 general election, a slight majority of the 137.5 million total votes cast]]> 2019-04-23 18:33:00 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353498113 2020jdh https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353498433 2019-04-23 18:33:41 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353498433 What can we Do? 2020gre https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353499210 Something we can do to increase voting from young people is make government teachers talk more politics and talk more about voting. Teachers should stress the importance of voting and make sure kids know what to do and how to vote.]]> 2019-04-23 18:35:39 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353499210 2020los https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353499242 According to this article, it says the the registration of voting is very confusing to young voters. If you are going to teach about the importance of voting, what if you taught how to register and the actual process of voting and gaining knowledge on the candidates? ]]> 2019-04-23 18:35:44 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353499242 2020aal https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353499272
  • Campaigns tend not to focus on issues that affect younger people because they don’t think they will vote. This, in turn, gives younger people less incentive to actually vote. It’s a bit of a self-fulfilling prophecy. https://ww2.kqed.org/education/2018/11/16/how-can-we-get-more-young-people-to-vote/  “How Can We Get More Young People to Vote?” By Annelise Wunderlich NOVEMBER 16, 2018


    • ]]>     2019-04-23 18:35:47 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353499272     Obama generation 2020jdh https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353500629 analysis has emphasized the demographic and ideological heterogeneity of Millennials, contradicting facile generalizations that characterize them as the “Obama generation.” In particular, there are regularly stark differences in ideology and issue positions among Millennials of different races, genders, and socioeconomic status.]]> 2019-04-23 18:38:55 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353500629 Reasons Why Millennials Don't Vote 2020kld https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353500989 - they might not feel their beliefs are represented by elected officials in their district
    -they may think their vote can't make a difference in the way government is run
    -just don't support any candidate on a given ballot]]>     2019-04-23 18:39:34 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353500989     2020jdh https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353501131 2019-04-23 18:39:53 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353501131 What do we know? kordeler https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353501535 In the 2014 congressional elections, there was the lowest voter turnout than there had been in 40 years; only 19.9% of 18 - 35 year olds votes, while 46% had said that they registered to vote. ]]> 2019-04-23 18:40:46 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353501535 ways we get people to vote 2020nlk https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353501785 - ]]> 2019-04-23 18:41:22 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353501785 How Do we Know? 2020gre https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353502339 Young people are not voting because they think since they are younger their vote doesn´t really count.
    In 2016, only 19% of people aged 18-29 cast their ballot in the presidential election; at 49%, 45-64-year-olds accounted for the largest electorate last year.
    https://www.thebestcolleges.org/9-reasons-we-need-young-voters-more-than-ever/

    ]]>     2019-04-23 18:42:42 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353502339     millennial's real reason 2020jdh https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353502838 in an article it talks about a girl who talks about the real reason she does not vot and one of the big issues was that she had other,funner, things to do rather than standing in a line to vote for the president. ]]> 2019-04-23 18:43:49 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353502838 High School Impact on Voters 2020kld https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353502920 "In my senior year in high school, I was probably borderline socialist. Though I don’t really think I understood what a socialist was. I was blatantly liberal and didn’t bother to check myself. " This is a quote from Reese age 23, and has never voted. She says in the article that she is scared to make the wrong choice and that she wasn't the most informed when it came to the elections. If schools work to make sure that the upcoming voters are informed we could potentially have more turnout. ]]> 2019-04-23 18:44:02 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353502920 The percent of young people voting according to race. 2020haw https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353503559 According to CIRCLE's analysis of young people's voter percentage by race, there's a majority of white citizens with 61%. Black (15%) and Latino (17%) citizens are not wanting to vote. Why?]]> 2019-04-23 18:45:34 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353503559 What We Know https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353504558 Matthew McCormack & Clayton Grisham
    the average turnout between age brackets is about the same every year from 1986 which means that as of this graph.
    https://573e2776-a-62cb3a1a-s-sites.googlegroups.com/site/uselectionsproject/home/voter-turnout/demographics/Turnout%20by%20Age%202018.png?attachauth=ANoY7crEbQo5CF5myXlAlJ_WqG7b87dplNPxl25j3Xl3IN1Bjmrji8v2FXogqPaNnwZbs3w_vaQ1UdqcS1LGOHtBdywMcEOZJ49KOHMPtLHT_s6ynL8vit-az03a3tk9Vu4-TtKu3o63lI4Z0GZJWe3XTpaAZHumQaykKD_PnMgtI3mhVpu7QWpkpUsxGSudzCAaJL8eg9E21MgmAzTjCugnSQyUiC0W0IVeCFCmev3C-L751Inw43uJbDeERXOUBbOoFfwLv-fHZ2C3JHjHPovXAQPNSnpPcg%3D%3D&attredirects=0]]>     2019-04-23 18:48:06 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353504558     2020jdh https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353504606 Millennial voting rates have never exceeded 50%, even in 2008 when we hoisted Obama to the White House. According to a national poll last fall, just two-in-ten of America’s young adults consider themselves “politically engaged and active.”]]> 2019-04-23 18:48:12 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353504606 Reasons Why Millennials SHOULD Vote! 2020kld https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353706592 - every vote matters
    - millennials take up nearly 50% of the population
    -young people were hit hardest by the Great Recession (college debt, unemployment, financial troubles)
    - young voters are incredibly diverse and can help to bring awareness to many different probs
    - if they don't connect with politics and voting now, they most likely won't carry out voting etc when they get older
    -youth have the power to sway an election

    ]]>     2019-04-24 12:49:48 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353706592     What We Know 2020mpm https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353801966 Voting during an election year in the 18 to 24 year old range has dropped a sum total of 12.9% between 1964 and 2012.
    https://www.census.gov/prod/2014pubs/p20-573.pdf]]>     2019-04-24 16:07:00 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353801966     What we Know 2020mpm https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353802956 There was and all time low in the 18 to 24 bracket between the years 1996 to 2000 which was a 32-33% turn out.
    https://www.census.gov/prod/2014pubs/p20-573.pdf]]>     2019-04-24 16:09:09 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353802956     What we Know 2020mpm https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353804656 Voting rates go up with age but looking at figure 1 on https://www.census.gov/prod/2014pubs/p20-573.pdf all age bracket except the 65 and older have had a descending trend sense 1964.]]> 2019-04-24 16:12:51 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353804656 what we know 2020mpm https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353806603 looking at table one from https://www.census.gov/prod/2014pubs/p20-573.pdf we can see an increase in the amount of 18-year-olds who voted across the years of 1996-2012]]> 2019-04-24 16:16:55 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353806603 Great source for a lot of data 2020mpm https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353808314 https://www.census.gov/prod/2014pubs/p20-573.pdf]]> 2019-04-24 16:21:04 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353808314 2020rmw https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353864307 2019-04-24 18:14:44 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353864307 We need young voters 2020rmw https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353865037 The youth vote has the potential to be extremely influential in this country. While young voter participation in 2016declined by 2% from a record 52% at the 2008 election, today the voting population includes almost equal parts millennials and baby boomers. ]]> 2019-04-24 18:16:07 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353865037 https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353865500 2019-04-24 18:16:57 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353865500 2020rmw https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353865547 https://www.thebestcolleges.org/9-reasons-we-need-young-voters-more-than-ever/]]> 2019-04-24 18:17:03 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353865547 https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353865554 2019-04-24 18:17:03 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353865554 Predicted 2020 Election Makeup 2020mrd https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353865705 https://www.axios.com/2020-presidential-election-millennials-generation-z-8c54a77a-c6f5-40bc-850c-95e4f1217e62.html

    The Millennial population has grown since the last election from immigration, and GenZ has continued to grow. A smaller percent, however, of Millennials are predicted to vote in the next election. A predicted 37% of Millennials and GenZ will make up the 2020 Election.  ]]>     2019-04-24 18:17:20 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353865705     What are my questions 2020mpm https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353866368 if the graphs show a constant discrepancy between the age bracket is there a problem?]]> 2019-04-24 18:18:46 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353866368 2020rmw https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353866612 young voters are less likely to vote because they feel like it won't make a difference. ]]> 2019-04-24 18:19:20 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353866612 2020ajp https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353868189 2019-04-24 18:22:54 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353868189 What are my questions? 2020crg https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353868593 Could the decrease in active voting be due to the candidates in recent elections?]]> 2019-04-24 18:23:52 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353868593 What do I want to know? 2020crg https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353870770 Has our public opinion of candidates been the primary cause of the lack of voting in America?]]> 2019-04-24 18:28:28 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353870770 Why Millennial's aren't voting 2020srw https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353871491 According to Forbes, the reason millennial are not voting is because they don't want to waste their time waiting in lines at the polls. Maybe creating more polls would allow for less of a line, making voting not so time consuming.]]> 2019-04-24 18:30:06 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353871491 What do I know about it 2020kcc https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353871539 Young people vote in lower numbers because they don't feel like they know enough.
    https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/413938-young-people-vote-in-lower-numbers-because-they-dont-think-they


    ]]>     2019-04-24 18:30:09 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353871539     What do I know about it? 2020kcc https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353871558 Young people don't feel inf]]> 2019-04-24 18:30:11 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353871558 What I want to know 2020mpm https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353871832 Could News and TV be affecting younger audiences when they talk about politics?]]> 2019-04-24 18:30:35 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353871832 What do I know about the topic? 2020crg https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353874070 Only 51% of eligible voters in the 2016 election voted while in the midterms only 31% of eligible voters voted.]]> 2019-04-24 18:35:44 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353874070 How do I know about it? 2020crg https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353878580 I researched the statistics comparing mid-terms and presidential elections based on eligibility to vote.

    ]]>     2019-04-24 18:43:32 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353878580     2020ajp https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353878826 2019-04-24 18:44:05 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/353878826 2020asp https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/354230226 It says there are too many barriers for young adults to go through
    https://ysa.org/4-reasons-young-people-dont-vote-and-what-to-do-about-it/]]>     2019-04-25 18:18:23 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/354230226     What do we know? 2020kcm https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/354232328 (1) Civics classes aren’t often taught in school, at least, not taught to the extent that they need to be. “High school civics classes are not adequately preparing youth to understand the basic skills they need for the voting process. They learn how many justices are on the Supreme Court, for example, but not that they can still vote if they aren’t familiar with candidates on the ballot for the local water district.” (https://today.duke.edu/2018/10/why-so-many-young-people-don%E2%80%99t-vote)

    (2) Overwhelmingly, young people simply don’t feel like their vote matters. As shown in the 2016 election, even if a candidate wins popular vote in America, the electoral college can choose whoever they personally wish to be president. If this practice continues, I personally think that it would be hard to convince people their vote matters.

    (3) Registering to vote is also a fairly confusing process. If you mistake a letter in your name, or if a government worker mistakes it, it takes weeks to months to years for it to get fixed so that it perfectly matches the name on one’s ID. There’s also studies that show that problems of these sort happen more often in youth of color than in white youth. https://civicyouth.org/why-youth-dont-vote-differences-by-race-and-education/ 
    ]]>     2019-04-25 18:23:20 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/354232328     SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTS 2020aal https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/354233047 Registration takes work.Not so in the United States. It is up to each person there to sign up, notes Barry Burden. He’s a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. To register, someone must go to an official site, such as a library or a government office, then fill out paperwork. ]]> 2019-04-25 18:25:09 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/354233047 What can we do? 2020kcm https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/354234045 (1) Promote civics classes that give a more adept teaching of politics and why you should vote even if you can’t write a 1000 page essay about the candidates. These classes should also teach students how to do research about the candidates quickly and accurately.

    (2) There’s nothing to really do about the electoral college at this moment because in this article: https://www.npr.org/2019/03/22/705627996/abolishing-the-electoral-college-would-be-more-complicated-than-it-may-seem, it talks about how abolishing the electoral college would take years, there’s really no way it could be done by 2020… but it can always be thought about for the future.

    (3) We could open more voting areas in minority-driven communities because voting areas are often based in "safe" areas (often churches). We could also try to reform the registration for voting, to make it simpler for people to understand and change if need be.
    ]]>     2019-04-25 18:27:24 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/354234045     2020los https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/354234308 Many studies found young voters are excited to vote, but then they don’t go out and vote. What happens between registration and the actual voting date? ]]> 2019-04-25 18:27:54 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/354234308 SCIENCE NEWS FOR kids 2020aal https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/354234574 Education  Data show that the single biggest predictor of whether someone will vote is whether they hold a college degree, Burden notes. College graduates make more money, on average. They are more likely to look for information about politics. And they are more likely to have friends who vote. People without a college degree, he says, are less likely to seek out political information. They also are less likely to have friends who care about politics or talk about voting.]]> 2019-04-25 18:28:31 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/354234574 Why youths dont vote 2020crs https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/354235254 Young people arent educated enough to vote comfortably]]> 2019-04-25 18:30:03 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/354235254 Millennial Voting Percentage 2020haw https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/354235987 Millennial voting has exceeded 50%]]> 2019-04-25 18:31:46 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/354235987 Young people feel uninformed 2020kcc https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/354237525 2019-04-25 18:35:43 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/354237525 They dont vote because they arent properly prepared 2020crs https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/354237633 ¨High school civics classes are not adequately preparing youth to understand the basic skills they need for the voting process.´]]> 2019-04-25 18:35:58 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/354237633 Young people share why they arent going to vote 2020crs https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/354239765 -Didnt want to make a vote for someone that they werent positive about because they didnt want to  put someone in office if they werent sure if they would help
    -Doesnt think their vote matters
    -Too busy
    -]]>     2019-04-25 18:40:52 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/354239765     Young People Are Not Encouraged to Vote 2020mrd https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/354240682 Young people are not being encouraged to vote by their friends, families, or organizations, and are not being informed on voting enough to make them want to / feel like they should. 

    https://ysa.org/4-reasons-young-people-dont-vote-and-what-to-do-about-it/

    ]]>     2019-04-25 18:42:54 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/354240682     Young People Aren't Being Taught About Voting 2020mrd https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/354242049 Young people aren't being taught the importance of voting in schools. They are not being informed of the voting process or how they should make their voting decisions. Schools tend to stray away from politics, which doesn't inform the students on voting or encourage them to. 

    https://today.duke.edu/2018/10/why-so-many-young-people-don%E2%80%99t-vote

    ]]>     2019-04-25 18:46:08 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/354242049     Habit voting 2019ams https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/355093368 When young people learn the voting process, it is more likely for them to vote when they are older]]> 2019-04-29 16:26:21 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/355093368 Convincing young people to vote 2019ams https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/355419669 "You have to convince them that you understand where they're coming from"]]> 2019-04-30 13:29:47 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/355419669 The approach 2019ams https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/355421188 Shaming millennial's for not voting almost always never works. If you are going to ask or talk to a millennial about voting, you have to make sure your tone of voice doesn't sound insulting or rude]]> 2019-04-30 13:32:25 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/355421188 How we could make millennial's vote 2019ams https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/355424811 When a 16 year old goes to get their license at the DMV, have them added to a list so that as soon as they turn 18, they are automatically added to the registration poll]]> 2019-04-30 13:39:04 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/355424811 Why millennial's aren't voting 2019ams https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/355427012 Burden has said that the number 1 reason for not voting is not knowing who the candidates are, or not liking them, or actively disliking them ]]> 2019-04-30 13:42:58 UTC https://padlet.com/schmerb/tbwi9a1ymdp1/wish/355427012