Is Voting for Young People?
- ISBN-10
- 1317347021
- ISBN-13
- 9781317347026
- Series
- Is Voting for Young People?
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 240
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-10-30
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Author
- Martin P. Wattenberg
Description
This book focuses on the root causes of the generation gap in voter turnout—changes in media consumption habits over time. It lays out an argument as to why young people have been tuning out politics in recent years, both in the United States and in other established democracies.
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