What is happening to the American voter? Over the last several decades, primarily, the face of the American voter has changed a lot. What is causing these changes? There are several answers to these questions. Voting tends have evolved over the history of the United States. However, in the last several decades leading up to the 21st century voters have made drastic changes in their views of the political system, and their actions demonstrate this. …
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…a "catch-22" situation, in which politicians ignore young people because they don't' vote or can't due to age, and young people that can vote don't vote because politicians ignore them. If the voting age was lowered to seventeen or sixteen say juniors in high school, for example, I believe you would find a much greater turnout for voting, and politicians would be much less likely to ignore real issues and quit hiding behind the media.