Introduction: Young Voters

It is a fact to say that today there are many young people who are not willing to vote.
We are students at the University of Dortmund who see the German youngster's refusal of voting and who are now questioning if this problem is transferable to the American young voters, as well.
It seems, as if many young people cannot really identify with the proposals of political parties.
The question is whether the political system is responsible for that, or the change of the youngster's attitude towards politics in our society. Nowadays, different from what was the situation like in the past, politicians or political parties in general try to reach young people through different campaigns in order to arouse their interest to vote. In our blog we want to elaborate the relation between American and German young people referring to their attendance to vote.