apathy
Political science prof to student: “Read a book for God’s sake!”
Q&A with a professor after his outburst
What Jack Layton’s death means for young Canadians
Urback: I didn’t vote for Jack, but I did respect him.
What it will take to rock the vote
Sure, apathy is up. But the numbers indicate it’s not all bad news.
Putting apathy on the other foot
Why are party leaders ignoring a group that is ripe for the political moulding?
Has apathy been prorogued?
Students’ engagement with abstract political issues faces a test this week
More on fixing the voters: the B.C. evidence
The BC Stats 2009 Elections BC Post-Election Voter/Non-Voter Satisfaction Survey adds some heft, I think, to my post yesterday on the disengagement of younger adults from political life. Only 51 per cent of eligible voters cast a ballot in British Columbia’s May 12 election, a dismal turnout.
Apparently, they don’t care.
It’s hard to jump into an electoral system where you feel worthless and ignored
Kids these days
Lawrence Martin laments that all the kids want to do is laugh at their smut. Alison Loat suggests the kids and their smut are not the source of the problem. David Eaves suspects elderly columnists need to get their bifocal prescriptions adjusted and look harder. Loat wraps the discussion into one smutless blog post and concludes:
Megapundit: “Obtuseness and stupidity”
LONG-WEEKEND ELECTION DAY ROUNDUP!