After reading this chapter you will be able to:

6.1 Understand how student political activism on the issue of campus sexual violence illustrates the many ways that political participation can bring about policy change

6.2 Describe the traditional and nontraditional forms of political participation in American representative democracy

6.3 Identify individual factors affecting voter turnout

6.4 Discuss institutional, legal, and election-specific contributors and obstacles to voter turnout

6.5 Explain the potential power of political protest as a tool to effect political change

6.6 Assess the current and future political power of young adult Americans