In person icon Youth Political Participation: Turnout and Engagement

Abstract

The panel, Youth Political Participation: Turnout and Engagement, looks more closely at traditional forms of political participation and ways of increasing this type of participation. Over the last two decades, political scientists have written extensively about the decline of democracy as a result of the withdrawal of democracy’s youngest participants. Many of these scholars have noted, especially in Europe, both a decline in youth voter turnout, as well as in youth’s propensity to join a political party. As a result, scholars have both sought explanations for this behavior as well as ways to remedy the situation. This panel presents work by scholars interested in youth’s voting behavior and engagement with formal politics. Topics to included in this panel include, but are not limited to: Youth voter turnout Youth engagement with formal political institutions Intersectional barriers to youth political participation

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