Choiceless? Voiceless?
The elections for the Parliament of the European Union were just held. Many projects were trying to encourage young people to use their right to choose, and everyone has been shaking their heads about the lowest-ever voter turnout.
And yet, hardly anone really talks about—or with—the people who do not vote, except when someone is needed to put blame and shame on.
They are mystified and condemned, then thrust aside until the next election.
But we want to look into the corners that many other people ignore.
Who are the non-voting young people?
Photo von Sebastian Wieschowski / jugendfotos.de
In most European countries, non-voters tend to be concentrated in specific demographic and socioeconomic groups, especially the young and the poor. What is missing, in their opinion, to make voting attractive – or actually even possible?
We want to risk an attempt to see behind the curtain of non-voting and non-voters.
Looking at the theme of non-voting and non-voters is especially intriguing in connection with young people – which is why we have chosen this perspective as our entry-point in this project.
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