Why do people not vote?
As Prof. Dieter Roth from University Heidelberg said: equality, freedom and participation are the elements of democracy, with an emphasis on the last one. And participation is the biggest problem. Why? Continue reading…
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Voting and Nonvoting… What are the reasons?
A few weeks ago elections for the European Parliament (EP) took place – the turnout was the lowest ever. Therefore we joined a seminar about voting and nonvoting. We just wanted to find out why most young people did not vote and what the media do to encourage people to go and vote. Continue reading…