Young voters are important to the continuity of democracy because voting at a young age leads to continued voting throughout life. This year more than most, they'll have a hard time getting started.
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From 3D printing using plastic waste to growing cherry trees in the Himalayas, young people are not sitting idle while the world burns.
After recent elections, South Africa are grappling with what the reasons are for the declining trend in youth participation in the 2019 elections.
It's clear that young voters are bringing critical issues to the fore as they did in the recent EU elections. Will they do so in Canada too?
India election 2019: millions of Indian youth are underemployed and going to the polls.
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The world's largest democracy will see its biggest young voter turnout since gaining independence 72 years ago, with millions delivering their verdict on Narendra Modi's BJP government.
About one-third of Canadians don't bother to vote in federal elections. Many people cite "everyday life issues," like the time it takes to vote, as reasons why they don't participate.
People under 18 can leave school, get a job, drive a car and pay taxes. Should they be allowed to vote too?
Theresa May's party struggled to appeal to younger voters. But that wasn't always the case.
The recent March for Our Lives showed just how unsatisfied American youth are with their leaders. Recent polls suggest the economic system may be the next item on their agenda.
Can internet voting bring young people to the polls? Here's the evidence so far.
The government has ignored this group for years, now it asks why they vote for the opposition.
When children and young people have opportunities for active citizenship, they demonstrate a wide range of ways of contributing to their communities.
Yes, young voters' choices had an impact, but not a decisive one.
A recent study from the Tisch College of Civil Life at Tufts looks at millennials' civic engagement – and finds some cause for concern in rural, suburban and urban areas.
South Africa's university students have shown that they can have an impact on the political landscape. That's why it's so important that they exercise their right to vote.
There's an argument to be made for giving more power to those who will live longer with the consequences.
The involvement of youth in politics suggests politicians are not tackling issues of concern to young people.
Greens leader Richard Di Natale told Q&A that if there was a vote among people who are under 30 in Australia, there'd possibly be a Greens prime minister. What do the polls say?
Concern about youth electoral enrolment is framed the wrong way. It usually suggests that young people are somehow deficient and that they – and not the political culture – are the problem.
A new study of young Belgians shows the power of a political education.
Top contributors
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Professor, Education Policy and Practice, Youth Studies in the Faculty of Education. Latest books with Rosalyn Black include "Imagining Youth Futures: University Students in Post-Truth Times" and "Rethinking Youth Citizenship after the Age of Entitlement", Monash University
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Associate Professor, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Justice, Queensland University of Technology
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Director and CEO of the Australia India Institute; Professor of Development Geography, University of Melbourne
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Lecturer, School of Education, The University of Queensland
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Director, Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement in the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life, Tufts University
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Honorary associate, School of Social Sciences, UNSW
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Professor, School of Mathematics and Statistics, UNSW
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Assistant Professor in Politics, University of Canberra
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Lecturer, Faculty of Education, Monash University
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Researcher, Swinburne University of Technology
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Associate Professor, University of Kent
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Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne
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Professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs, King's College London
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Reader in Political Economy, Manchester Metropolitan University
