| Subject: | Re: [YouthGAS_Exchange] "Why young Australians have given up on voting" | | Date: | Saturday, September 4, 2004 06:58:52 (-0700) | | From: | Brendan <pinky @.......com>
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Why don't young Australian's vote?
The reason being that people have no interest or trust in the whole system
works. Why vote for example for The Greens, if they are going to give their vote
to another party? Most people think that they are all the same and don't tackle
important isusses. Sure we need border protection and better airport sercurity,
but most young Australian's want them to deal with things that face them.
Univeristy places, Public Education, Health, Housing, Welfare, Services ,
transport etc. The government needs to think about how people are actually living
and how underfunded public services are, but of course, the government doesn't
think of these things because they only seem to look after the wealthy part of
Australia
A young Australian
Brendan
--- "Richard Lenn" <info@youthgas.com> wrote:
Why young Australians have given up on voting
September 3, 2004
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/02/1093939069258.html
The youth vote will affect the election outcome, yet 300,000 haven't even
enrolled, writes Liz Minchin.
Young people's interest in party politics is plummeting and a growing number
of Australians aged 18 to 24 would not vote if it was voluntary, studies
show.
Research obtained by The Age reveals that in an election where youth
preferences could swing marginal seats, about 300,000 eligible young
Australians are not enrolled.
A national survey of political interest shows that while older Australians
are as engaged as they were a generation ago, many under 25 have switched
off. In 1987, when the Australian Election Study was first held, a third of
those surveyed aged 18 to 24 said they had "not much" or "no interest" in
politics. By 2001, that proportion had leapt to 51 per cent.
"Young people have become less interested in party politics and have less
trust in politicians," said Ian McAllister, who has researched voting habits
in Australia, Europe and the US.
Another current study has found that if Australia abandoned compulsory
voting, only about 60 per cent of young people would vote, far less than in
previous surveys.
The Youth Electoral Study, run by Sydney University and the Australian
Electoral Commission (AEC), is the biggest national study of the voting and
party politics attitudes of 18 to 24-year-olds. The Age was given early
access to results, which show youth disillusionment has risen since the 2001
election.
"We talked to more than 800 young people... and no matter where they were
from, whether it was attending a private school in a big city or living in a
remote area, what they said reflected very similar feelings of disengagement
from political life," said researcher Murray Print. "They are still very
interested in political issues - like uni fees, the environment, terrorism,
refugees - but they have a lot of problems with party politics."
...
Voters have until 8pm, Tuesday, September 7, to enrol. Contact the
Australian Electoral Commission on 13 23 26 or visit
<http://www.aec.gov.au>; www.aec.gov.au
Full artilce is at
<http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/02/1093939069258.html>;
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/02/1093939069258.html
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