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the exception of Maine and Nebraska, have a winner take all system. (3)
Whichever candidate takes the popular vote wins all of that states electoral
votes. To better understand voting I will present 3 sections. What is your
voting eligibility as a youth, what is the impact of voting outcome, as well as
how you can vote?
Your ability to vote.
Youth voters make up part of the millennial generation, about 93 million
strong, with nearly half coming from communities of diverse living and
situations. Currently the generation is more populous than the baby
boomers. (4) Even though they make up nearly one third of the United States
population only around 20 percent of all voters aged 18 to 24 voted in the
last presidential election. (1) When a citizen of the United States turns
eighteen they have to right to suffrage. This means an individual can go to
an election place and cast a vote for their electable officials. While discussing
the ability to vote we should look back at the history of the youth vote. The
26th amendment was ratified on July 1st, 1971 and the legal voting age was
lowered from 21 years of age to 18. (6) This was due largely to arguments
that young men could go to war and be drafted but not vote for the leaders
of their country. In the year following this amendment, youth voter turnout
reached a historic 52 percent of eligible youth who voted, this would drop
drastically in the following years. (7) Through the 1980s youth voting
turnout progressively became worse until it reached its lowest turnout in the
1990s. After a slow incline following 1990s the 2008 election brought one
of the largest youth voting turn out percentages in recent years. (12)
What impact does voting have?
The United States is arguably the worlds largest superpower. This makes
the outcome of its elections paramount. This coming election has posed a
unique position to see what the worlds views of the candidates are. (10)
This places a sense of importance on the U.S. citizens to make their votes. In
the United States the impact is more pronounced than the rest of the world.
This election specifically there has been numerous riots pertaining to the
outcome of the election. There have been shouts of not my president,
among other things. The United States election also has a major impact on
the U.S. and world financial markets. Some sources show that with a
republican president that the market will have an upturn with the dollar
becoming stronger. (11)
How to vote in the United States.
Voting in the United States requires the following: You must be a U.S. citizen,
you have to meet your states residency requirements, you must be 18 years
old, and you have to register to vote. (12)
each individual state but they cannot over rule the primary voting
requirements. The process of voting takes place differently in each state,
Utah for example offers absentee voting, mail in ballots, and voting places
throughout the state on Election Day.
Conclusion
The youth in the United States play a major part in the election and electoral
process. With the current information we know that those in that age group
do not participate as much when compared to the other generations. This
has an effect on the world and the United States as a whole. The more the
youth grow the larger the voting percentage should get, which in the future
will influence election pandering.
Works Cited
(7)
Oct. 2016.
(1)
U.S. Electorate, but Will They Vote?" Pew Research Center RSS. N.p., 16 May
2016. Web. 25 Oct. 2016.
(8)
Gerber, Alan S., and Todd Rogers. "Descriptive Social Norms and
(3)