There are steady trends in the decline of voter turnout across America. There is evidence that the American two party-system is on the decline. There are more and more voters choosing not to declare party preference. There is little political involvement among the minority portion of the American voter. There are laws which govern youths and treat them as adults, but these youths cannot presently take part in voting on these laws because they are sixteen or seventeen, not eighteen. There is ample evidence that the American voter of today is not

what it once was, even in the recent past.

A serious trend that is receiving more and more notice is the declining level of voter turnout in presidential elections. "Although the U.S. government might not be actively denying any citizens their right to vote, except those that are under eighteen, it is extreme negligence that the right to vote is not being exercised." This is a very powerful statement, and most sixteen and seventeen year olds feel this way, according to an MTV survey taken in 1997. However, it is a statement that can be argued and verified by the distressing statistics that are showing up amongst the American voter. It is also a statement that is quickly becoming common, though, among those who take the time to realize that there is a growing problem in the political atmosphere of America. Politicians tend to pay far less attention to the youth of America; they have a tendency to target their campaigns to those being the older population. This creates a "catch-22" situation, in which politicians ignore young people because they don't' vote or c

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