Other factors include those as follows:
1) Differences in social background characteristics - this accounted for half of the turnout gap between the youngest two cohorts in the study of Blais, Gidengil, Nadeau, & Nevittet (2002) which is attributed to a "weaker sense of voting duty."
2) The voters conceived there was little or no actual competition in the political race. (Blais, Gidengil, Nadeau, & Nevittet, 2002)
3) Low level of interest and information of those born after 1970. (Blais, Gidengil, Nadeau, & Nevittet, 2002)
The authors, Blais, Gidengil, Nadeau, & Nevittet (2002) conclude their work by stating that: "The decline in turnout since the 1988 election does not bode well for the country's democratic health." (Ibid) The work of Dietlind Stolle and Marc Hooghe (nd) hold that each civic generation which is replaced by cohorts of a younger age causes the social capital stock of American communities to slowly diminish. (paraphrased) The study used indicators for substantiation of the claim including: measures for voter turnout, attendance of club meetings, generalized trust, and other factors.
As stated earlier in this work, this work seeks to determine what the significance is in the decline of political participation in Western Democracies. From all that has been garnered in this research it appears that there is less interest in political aspects of society by those been after the year 1970. (Blais, Gidengil, Nadeau & Nevittet, 2002) Furthermore, voting and political participation declines when voters feel that there is no real competition in the political race at hand. (Ibid) Also noted in this study and review of literature is that individuals are less likely to participate in elections and other civic activities than when they are contacted by one of the political parties for support of their election or agenda. (Ibid) This study also concludes with findings that failure on the part of communities and...
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