Learning Objectives
- Consider the many forms of political participation that individuals may undertake and the ways in which participation on one issue may also involve actions on other issues.
- Describe the traditional and nontraditional forms of political participation in American representative democracy.
- Identify individual, legal, and election-specific factors affecting voter turnout.
- Consider the ways in which acting in one space may lead others to act as well, including elected representatives.
- Evaluate the ways in which political participation by young adult Americans may challenge traditional assumptions.