Question

PURPOSE

The primary purpose of this assignment is to produce a well-developed, correctly MLA formatted, and grammatically correct outline and paragraph using the causes pattern of development.

TASK

Requirements:

• Strong topic sentence giving the main idea
• One paragraph of 7-12 well-developed, correctly structured, grammatically correct sentences
• Effective transitions
• MLA format with both outline and paragraph. Please use the supplied template.

Why do so many Americans choose not to vote? Pose this question to some of your peers and friends to gather as many reasons, or causes, as you can for so much voter apathy. Determine three main causes and use emphatic order (least to most important) as you explain and support each cause.

Topic Sentence: A variety of reasons contribute to poor voter turn out in America.

1. Reason 1

a. Detail 1

b. Detail 2

2. Reason 2

a. Detail 1

b. Detail 2

3. Reason 3

a. Detail 1

b. Detail 2

Answer 1

1.Lack of interest-
There has been drastic lowering in the number of people appearing for giving their votes lately. At least 40% to 90% of American voters stay home during elections, evidence that low voter turnout for both national and local elections is a serious problem throughout the United States. The apathy for voting is actually an apathy of getting out of your home and going to vote. To some the thought of standing in a queue at the polling places doesn't seem worth the effort. Some show total indifference towards voting. The decrease also coincides with the rise of the Internet. Nowadays, more and more people consume information through ‘social media echo chambers’, rather than reading daily newspaper headlines or tuning in to the morning news.

2.Lack of knowledge -
Many people who don’t vote believe they don’t understand enough about the government, the election process or individual party policies.

This is largely down to the education system, which does not equip students with relevant political knowledge. The majority of schools teach politics only as an opt-in subject at GCSE and A-level, if they offer it at all.
Consequently, many students leave school by 18 with little to no knowledge of the political system.

This was regarding the literate population with inadequate knowledge about voting. But there's a whole lot of people who have absolutely no idea what-so-ever about voting and in general the running of government.

3.Voter suppression -

It has been noted that the Republican led efforts to diminish participation in voting and voter registration have greatly contributed to the number of nonvoters.

Since 2010, 25 states have adopted measures specifically aimed at making voting more difficult. Such measures include additional voter identification requirements.

Sometimes lawmakers said these were necessary to curb illegal voting, which research shows is an all-but-nonexistent problem.

Some counties and states have also created confusion and uncertainty about how to initially register or re-register after a voter has moved.

In other cases, people might not know where to vote, due to the distribution of deliberately false information.

Since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Shelby County v. Holder in 2013 that key aspects of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 were unconstitutional, states have closed over 1,000 polling locations, half of these in Texas.