Learning to Vote

The biggest story during this year's mid-term elections may have been the record low voter turnout. The group with the lowest of the low, tends to be those most recently eligible to vote. NPR's Morning Edition program ran a story on election day about high school students learning about voting and citizenship. The issue for most of these students seemed to be that they didn't find it relevant. Americans don't vote for many reasons, but maybe a little instructional intervention when people are young might help form more positive attitudes towards voting. If the lessons incorporated some game activities -- perhaps role-playing games might work well here -- students might be more motivated to vote.

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