Why arent college students into politics?

Question

my cultural geography professor was saying that there are about 70 million people ages 18-29 who dont give a damn about voting or politics in general. why do you think that it is?

Answer 1

They do not realize the importance of their vote, and that their decisions today will shape what our nation will look like 10 years from now. They do not know what they are fighting for yet. Most have not experience abortion, the birth of a child, or the loss of a child and what that means. Most of them do not know what it is like to go to war. Most of them do not deal with homosexuals and their rights. Most of them do not know what it is like to pay part of your salary to the government when you are trying to put food on the table. They do not understand the importance of life and still think they are invincible. Most do not understand that our school systems are failing...they made it through them so they must be fine. They don't realize they they are the Future, they are the ones who matter in the elections, their lives will be changed for longer. In order to understand you have to have experiences. In order to respect you have to have gone through tough times. If you are well you don't realize how amazing it is to fell that way, but when you are sick you realize the importance of being healthy. The same is for our current youth. Its not that they don't care, but rather that the key issues have nothing to do with their current lives. If we can convey the fact that politics are important for everyone to participate in then with out a doubt their will be less disagreements and misunderstandings among all people because we realized the system we are all under and how my rights and views will affect someon else...ect.
I hope i answered your question ok....especially since I just turned 18 and know what the kids around me think about and am beginning to look more into the presidential elections and how I can make an impact in my community and country

Answer 2

Cynicism. College students think they know everything, and they don't believe they have a say in a world that's still being run (into the ground, so they think) by the previous generation. Conversely, some are still in that "the world revolves around ME" phase that most leave behind in high school, and they simply don't see how politics affects them.

However, it must be noted that college students who are involved in politics are often far more passionate about it than older voters. They still see everything in black and white and believe that their side is the absolute right side.

Answer 3

I've heard different and seen. between the ages of 18-29 most of them are not college students some are in the work force, military or not doing any thing at all.

Answer 4

Because a lot of time we don't know much about what's being said, or everyone is saying like a million things and contradicting what we have to say. It's very frusterating trying to express ourselves when it comes to politics because everyone either argues what we are saying, or blows it off saying we don't know what we are talking about. Bascially, it's really hard to be into something that no one will you hear you on. It's like trying to paint without the paint...kinda difficult.

Answer 5

One of the main reasons is that modern day liberalism is starting earlier in the lives of these young skulls full of mush. When they aren't too busy overdramatizing their own everyday problems, they have their heads up a bunch of Hollywood liberal superstar's rear ends. The work of the drive-by media is drastically outweighing the effort of parents to teach their kids righteousness. If the parents themselves even have a clue.

Answer 6

did he give you the stats (in percentages) for other demographics?... did he state what percentage of that age group are actually in college... i mean, i took 6 years and was out by 24... so college would only account for half of these years in many cases... and then you have to think about how many people didn't go until later... or not at all...

this question is based on too many assumptions to answer accurately.

Answer 7

In most cases, I would blame it on partisan professors. In my college days, my professors would spew their agenda rabidly and if you argued, your grades seemed to suffer. It was maddening to hear politics in an English class, or even a math or science class, because it was election season.

Answer 8

Here are some of the schools in the DC area: Georgetown U: very difficult to get into, expensive George Washington U: difficult to get into and very expensive American U: a bit easier to get into, still expensive Catholic U: even easier to get into, pretty expensive George Mason U. (in Virginia): somewhat hard to get into, not as expensive Marymount U (in Virginia): pretty easy to get into, somewhat expensive except to Virginians U. of Maryland/College Park: somewhat difficult to get into, somewhat expensive except to Marylanders U. of DC: not a good school Then there are many community colleges that are easy to get into and not very expensive. Do well at a community college and after two years you can get into many otherwise pretty difficult schools.

Answer 9

1) No education in politics
2) Little reliable or unbiased information
3) Conditioned from an early age to think on an individual, ego-centric level rather than a macro/societal level

Answer 10

If they are college students, they are more likely more concerned with passing and praying that their term papers are not returned to them saying, "do this again or you fail."