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    Charles Krauthammer’s article In Praise of Low Voter Turnout raises an important issue America faces as a democratic republic. The problem that is frequently addressed tends to be that voter turnout is lower than most other democratic countries; however‚ in respect to the working population‚ being over 50% nationally is not nearly as poor as it would seem. In the founding of the Constitution‚ it was assumed the general population would be far too uneducated to properly elect their representatives

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    In Praise of Low Voter Turnout SUMMARY OF ARTICLE: The article was written in 1992‚ basically saying that the fight over ideologies was done‚ cold war was over‚ and we were ending the 20th century with America on top. Compare that to today‚ we compete with China‚ and Washington fights over ideologies are the greatest they’ve ever been. It’s beneficial for our country when some people don’t vote because it is important for a candidate to be properly chosen rather than many people voting just to vote

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    Over the last 40 years‚ voter turnout has been steadily declining in the established democracies. This trend has been significant in the United States‚ Western Europe‚ Japan and Latin America. In 2014‚ the New York Times reported that the November midterm elections was abysmally low in regards to voter turnout. Over all‚ the national turnout of the election was only 36.3% compared to over 70 decades ago when the voter participation turnout was only 36.3% (Board 2014) . Thus said‚ with a clear non-advancement

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    American history‚ there has been a steady decline in voter turnout. Not only has this been "humiliating" for the United States‚ low voter turnout has been and always will be a threat to American Democracy. The concept of democracy is dependent on citizens actively participating in elections and voting to select representatives for public office. The government cannot be representative of the people‚ unless the people elect its representatives. Voter turnout is a major indicator of how citizens view their

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    Diana Ayoub Political Science 40 Professor Schwartz; Section G 6 December 2012 Low Young Voter Turnout Voting is the civic duty of every American citizen that is eligible to vote. However‚ there was a low young voter turnout in favor of Obama in recent elections. According to the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement‚ the young voter turnout decreased by two percent from 51 percent in the 2008 elections to 49 percent in the 2012 elections. There could be three

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    Voter turnout by definition is the measurement of qualified voters who cast a ballot during the time of an election. Without citizen contribution‚ democracy is meaningless. Some may like to declare America as the inventor of democracy and that our democracy is the most remarkable on Earth. While our democratic system may be remarkable‚ it still contains and houses many serious flaws. One of these major flaws being low voter turnout. As defined by centuries of trial and error‚ public participation

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    [pic] Rough Draft: Low turnout of American voters Phase 4 Instructor: Jared Kline Engl103-1204B-02 Composition Amy Richardson: 1276559 December 18‚ 2012    America’s voting system is in dire need of changes. Is this because American voters do not care about who is running? Why is it that when election time comes around the middle and lower class feel like they are nothing? Is this due to the fact that they cannot afford to take off work to vote‚

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    Although voter turnout among Hispanics is low for many reasons there are plenty of solutions that can be implemented in order to motivate Hispanics to get out there and cast their opinion in the ballot‚ from local elections to state elections. While all solutions require their willingness to get out there‚ it also requires a lot of help from volunteers‚ politicians‚ and policy makers. Eligibility stands in the way of many and unfortunately that has no solution‚ as it is only part of nature. However

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    sense of civic duty and overall displeasure with our current president. Those are some of the main factors contributing to voter turnout. I believe that voter turnout is fundamental to a healthy democracy. With this being a political analysis class‚ I felt that my topic of choice was very interesting and I was very curious to develop the preliminary outcomes. Voter turnout is usually attributed to political disengagement and the belief that voting for one candidate‚ party or another will do little

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    Voter Turnout In America

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    Voter turnout isn’t great; many Americans just simply don’t vote. I choose the topic on American voter turnout during the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections because former president Obama and current president Trump ran a completely different campaign. I wanted to research how this may have affected the peoples votes or the lake of. During my research I looked at the background of American voter turnout‚ both of the elections as a whole like who voted and what made them vote that way‚ the battleground

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