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Opinion: Social media has hurt participation in local government
10/24/20 at 12:00am
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Elections held in local communities aren’t as widely publicized or advertised on social media as the major presidential elections and therefore, already have less of a turnout. By the time these local elections come around, people either haven’t registered to vote and are unable to participate or can’t take the time to make it out to the polls. Photo credit: blog.hootsuite.com If the significance of local elections was constantly embedded in the curriculum as something extremely valuable throughout their time in the education system and beyond, more people may be inclined to get involved and make it a priority as soon as they hit the voting age. If people are continuously shown that the solutions to the bigger issues they constantly come across all over social media can begin right in their own communities, participation in local politics may increase for the greater good.
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