Comparing Young Voters' Political Engagement in the United States and Europe
- 1 May 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in American Behavioral Scientist
- Vol. 50 (9), 1195-1213
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0002764207299364
Abstract
The growing reluctance among youth to participate in politics and exercise their right to vote rings alarm bells across the globe. This study adopts a comparative perspective to identify factors that might help reengage youth in the political process by documenting the scope and pervasiveness of the problem in the United States and the EU. This cross-national study shows that the antecedents of youth turnout are highly similar in the United States and in the EU member states. The authors also find a strong and consistently positive effect of news media use and interactive communication (online and interpersonal) on youth turnout.Keywords
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