They knew voting is the most basic privilege in a democratic society, and they wanted their voices — and the voices of others — to be heard. Wordbankers also have reasons closer to home to make sure we vote. As a company, we rally behind our staff that do have that right. To ensure they understand the value and importance of voting, to help them register if they need it, and to give them time off to exercise their right.
Decisions are made every day around issues such as healthcare, education, fair wages, the environment, taxes, housing, and public safety. Local elections in particular have the power to impact everyday life. Wordbankers are passionate about voting as a way to drive change, at local and national levels. Many of our people have gone beyond just voting and regularly attend city council meetings or volunteer with voting movements and campaigns. Through these activities, one Wordbanker was surprised to learn all the areas that a city council controls, such as how zoning decisions affect affordable housing access.
Over the past 20 years, there have been several US elections decided by very small margins. In , the Democratic primary for Baltimore County executive was decided by just 17 votes.
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Pundits and politicians have often attributed the lower participation rate for younger voters to apathy, lethargy, and general disinterest in public affairs. Political scientists have cited a visceral antipathy toward politics, noting that younger voters are less likely to attach to any political party or overtly political movement.
For decades, we believed that students simply lacked the necessary civic knowledge and that by including politics and government in the curriculum we could overcome the barriers to voting. Young people, our students, are as informed as most voters, and they often understand the importance of voting as well as the average voter. But when students see campaign ads, when they are greeted by candidates, when they attend political events or public meetings, and when they visit their precincts to vote, they do not see representations of themselves.
They are not always comfortable venturing into this new area where they perceive most everyone else to be better informed and to belong.
These are the non-cognitive barriers that Holbein and Hillygus cite. We know that when voters start at a young age, they are more likely to remain active voters for a lifetime.
Now we are engaged in a campaign to encourage our students to participate in the electoral process. An informal, multi-disciplinary cadre of faculty, including Mary Droege from the natural sciences and Candy Fox from the English Department, are working the Content Lab—a group of creative students led by Communication Professor Bill DeForest—to develop messages to help and encourage students to vote.
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