Voter Turnout In The United States Essay

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Voting Education Topic: Voter Turnout in the United States Organization: Problem/Solution Specific Purpose: I would like my audience to agree that there should be more education about voting in schools. I. Introduction a. Attention Getter: There are over 206 million eligible voters in the United States; yet less than 150 million are registered to vote and only 130 million voted in the 2012 Presidential election, according to Statisticbrain.com. This means that only 64% of the United States citizens determined who the President of the United States is. b. Relevance: Voter turnout is especially low in citizens aged between 18 and 24, a demographic close to university students. I believe it is essential to discuss the issues when it comes to…show more content…
Propositional Statement: Voter turnout in the United States fluctuates in national elections, but it has never escalated to the levels of some other well-established democracies like Austria or Belgium, whose voter turnout is around 90%, according to fairvote.org. Eligible voters often don’t vote in important elections due to voter apathy or they might also believe that their individual vote doesn’t count. I propose that there should be more education about voting in elementary, middle, and high schools. Transition: First, we must identify one of the current problems with the United States voter turnout in elections. II. Body a. The first problem is that many people are apathetic towards politics and voting in general. Voter apathy occurs when voters decide that they don’t care who wins or loses an election, causing them to skip voting as a whole. According to davemanuel.com voter apathy can be caused by a lack of interest in the candidates, a general felling that a person’s vote doesn’t matter or even distrust in regards to how the election is actually being run. There are many people who do not trust politics and the entire “system.” According to statisticbrain.com, 26.3% of eligible voters said they didn’t vote in the 2012 Presidential election because they weren’t interested in the election or they did not like the candidates or campaign
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