In this article, the author explains that only about 1/4 of eligible voters in America voted for Trump. Only about 56.9 of the eligible voting population voted on Election Day, so 43.1 percent didn't vote. Low voter turnout is because the U.S. doesn't enforce voting or punish its citizens for not voting. The U.S. also doesn't automatically register its citizens or aggressively encourage voting. Less people are interested in politics these days. This relates to our class because we've been talking about voter participation and the reasons why people don't vote.
Wednesday, February 8, 2017
Blog 1: Low Trump Voter Turnout
https://www.google.com/amp/www.vox.com/platform/amp/policy-and-politics/2016/11/10/13587462/trump-election-2016-voter-turnout?client=safari
In this article, the author explains that only about 1/4 of eligible voters in America voted for Trump. Only about 56.9 of the eligible voting population voted on Election Day, so 43.1 percent didn't vote. Low voter turnout is because the U.S. doesn't enforce voting or punish its citizens for not voting. The U.S. also doesn't automatically register its citizens or aggressively encourage voting. Less people are interested in politics these days. This relates to our class because we've been talking about voter participation and the reasons why people don't vote.
In this article, the author explains that only about 1/4 of eligible voters in America voted for Trump. Only about 56.9 of the eligible voting population voted on Election Day, so 43.1 percent didn't vote. Low voter turnout is because the U.S. doesn't enforce voting or punish its citizens for not voting. The U.S. also doesn't automatically register its citizens or aggressively encourage voting. Less people are interested in politics these days. This relates to our class because we've been talking about voter participation and the reasons why people don't vote.
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Iris, this needs to have more content. Elaborate! What is your opinion about this?
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