Blog 16:

1.  What is your EQ?
What is the best way to encourage youth voter participation in local government systems.

2.  What is your first answer? (In complete thesis statement format)
To resolve the issue of diminished voter participation, schools should more closely integrate their curriculum with active involvement in politics through classrooms.

3.  What is your second answer? (In complete thesis statement format)
To go along with the second point, legislation reducing the voting age from 18 to 17 in state or local elections would be another solution due to allowing young students the experience of voting at a tie when tehy should be politically involved

4.  List three reasons your answer is true with a real-world application for each.
1. Research has indicated that a person who has voted before is more likely to be engaged with the system in the future, and

2.Expanding the voting age would create new voters and allow for classes to integrate participation in the political system with their classes

3.More active engagement with the political system has been proven to result in increased confidence in it which hs been noted as a significant factor in voting.

5.  What printed source best supports your answer?

6.  What other source supports your answer?


The Dynamics of Political Participation
7.  Tie this together with a  concluding thought.