Americans & Voting
While reading the article students you answer the following questions in
order to effectively understand why American’s do not vote?
1 - If voting is such an important civic responsibility why is it that more
Americans serve on juries than vote in elections?
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2 - Is the turnout in the United States truly that poor?
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3 - How bad is it in relation to other countries?
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4 - Is it better in some U.S. states in relation to other U.S. states?
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5 - What are the demographic characteristics for the average U.S. voter?
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6 - What are the implications of low voter turnout?
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7 - How do we increase turnout? Does Rock the Vote help?
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8 - Why is U.S. turnout considered poor?
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