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Preface to the Fourth Edition=xi

Acknowledgments=xiii

Introduction=1

An Overview=4

CHAPTER 1. The Aging of Regular Newspaper Readers=8

Who Reads a Newspaper Every Day Anymore?=11

Has Reading a Newspaper for Political Content Changed?=15

Can Similar Patterns Be Found in Other Established Democracies?=18

Do Young Adults Just Not Like to Read?=24

Conclusion : A Future for Newspapers?=26

CHAPTER 2. The Aging Audience for Politics on TV=29

Is Network TV News a Dying Dinosaur?=33

Is Cable News Picking up the Slack?=38

Where Have All the Water-Cooler Shows Gone?=41

Can Similar Patterns Be Found in Other Established Democracies?=47

Conclusion : Can Soft News Save the Day?=55

CHAPTER 3. Don't Ask Anyone Under 30=57

Have Young People Become Less Likely to Follow Political Events?=58

What News Stories Did Young People Follow in 2004?=67

Is This the Least Politically Knowledgeable Generation of American Youth Ever?=71

Are Young People in Other Democracies Similarly Clueless About Politics?=75

Conclusion : The Impact of Political Knowledge=84

Appendix to Chapter 3=86

CHAPTER 4. Where Have All the Young Voters Gone?=89

Turnout by Age in American Presidential Elections Since 1964=91

Turnout by Age in Parliamentary Elections : Change Over Three Decades=97

The Turnout Gap in American Second-Order Elections=101

The Turnout Gap in Second-Order Elections in Other Established Democracies=112

Conclusion : Was Lowering the Voting Age a Mistake?=l17

CHAPTER 5. Do Young Adults See Voting as a Civic Duty?=119

Have Young Americans Become Less Likely to View Voting as a Duty?=121

Can Similar Trends Be Found in Other Democracies?=126

Conclusion : A Window into the Future?=129

CHAPTER 6. Does Low Youth Turnout Really Matter?=131

Does Position in the Life Cycle Affect Policy Positions?=133

Is There a Generation Gap in American Voting Behavior?=140

Are There Age Gaps in Ideology and Voting Behavior in Other Countries?=143

Conclusion : A Government for Older People?=148

CHAPTER 7. A New Civic Engagement Among Young People?=151

Are Today's Young People the Volunteer Generation?=153

Have Young People Become More Involved in Community Problem Solving and Contacting Governmental Officials?=159

Have Young People Turned to Unconventional Forms of Political Participation?=164

Conclusion : Young People's Place in the Forest of Political Participation=169

CHAPTER 8. Was Voting for Young People in the Obama Era?=171

Has the Internet Changed Age Patterns of Political Attention?=173

Did the Campaigns Really Reach out to Young People in the Obama Elections?=178

How Much Did Young People Participate in the 2008 Nomination Process?=182

Participation Rates by Age in the 2008 and 2012 General Elections=186

Where Did All the Young Voters Go in the 2010 and 2014 Midterms?=191

Conclusion : Last Place in Turnout is Nothing to Crow About=196

CHAPTER 9. What Can Be Done?=198

How to Improve Turnout Rates Without Compulsory Voting=199

Want a Solution? Consider Compulsory Voting=204

How Much Support is There for Compulsory Voting?=206

Is Compulsory Voting at all Realistic?=210

Endnotes=213

Index=226

Name Index=226

Subject Index=228