|
I'm 18, and voted this past election, pretty ashamed that my fellow peers didn't vote...From what I heard, it's not that they're apathetic about their future, they're apathetic about American beauraucracy and American politicians. Neither of the candidates made a visible effort to the youth crowd, and as a result; we [collectively] were given the impression that our opinion doesn't really matter.
It's just the general stigma that older adults give us [that we're ignorant, materialistic, lazy, etc.] and thus, it just continues the cycle of our political apathy. We're not listened/catered to, so we don't we care. Cycle continues.
I'm pretty surprised that it's actually only 17% - can anyone give a real credible source on this ?!?!?
|