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Understanding Political Participation: Factors, Impacts, and Solutions for Increased Engagement

This text explores the various forms of political participation and the significance of civic engagement in a healthy democracy. It analyzes the reasons behind low voter turnout, emphasizing the roles of education, income, cultural barriers, and social connections. The text also highlights the impact of registration laws and the importance of social capital in fostering community involvement. By addressing these factors, it encourages a broader discussion on how to enhance participation and build a more engaged society.

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Understanding Political Participation: Factors, Impacts, and Solutions for Increased Engagement

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  1. Participation

  2. What are all of the ways you can participate in politics?

  3. Why is participation important?

  4. Why don’t some people participate?

  5. Probability of voting = Benefit - Cost

  6. Voter Turnout, 2004 & 2008

  7. What makes a person more likely to vote? • Higher Education • Why? • More interest in politics (higher benefit) • More background information to understand politics, and skills to get through the registration and voting process (lower costs)

  8. Effect of education on turnout (2008 data)

  9. What makes a person more likely to vote? • Higher Education • Higher Income • Why? • Free time (lower costs) • Stake in community (taxes etc.—higher benefit)

  10. Effect of income on turnout, 2008

  11. Effect of race on turnout? (2008)

  12. What makes a person more likely to vote? • Higher Education • Higher Income / more resources • Lack of language/cultural barriers

  13. Effect of citizenship on turnout

  14. What makes a person more likely to vote? • Higher Education • Higher Income / more resources • Lack of language/cultural barriers • Easy registration

  15. Effect of Registration laws on turnout (2004 data)

  16. So why don’t young people vote?2004 and 2008 turnout rates

  17. Newspaper readership, 2004

  18. Newspaper readership, by age

  19. Newspaper readership, by age

  20. What makes a person more likely to vote? • Higher Education • Higher Income / more resources • Lack of language/cultural barriers • Easy registration • Interest • Social Connectedness

  21. What makes a person more likely to vote? • Social connectedness • Why? • Learn civic skills in a group (lower costs) • Feel responsibility to a particular community (higher benefit) • Group norms (higher social benefit)

  22. Effect of marriage on turnout, 2008

  23. Effect of residency on turnout

  24. Effect of home ownership on turnout

  25. What does a healthy democracy really need? • Do you think the system will be biased against people who don’t participate? • So who might the system be biased against? • Does that make for a healthy democracy? • Or maybe democracy can be enhanced through other kinds of participation…

  26. What is social capital? • The norms and trust that develop from interpersonal social relationships • A byproduct of other activities, not something created on its own

  27. Putnam’s evidence for declining social capital • Membership in PTA, League of Women Voters, Elks Clubs and the like have declined 25-50% in the last 25 years. • Bowling leagues and sports leagues have less participation • People spend up to 25% less time socializing with friends than they did in 1965. • Church attendance is down 15-30%. • Attending Club Meetings down 58% • Family dinners down 33% • Having friends over down 45%

  28. Why the decline of social capital?

  29. What are ways we can build social capital?

  30. What do we really need if we want more people to participate?Do we want more people to participate??

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