“Voter turnout for those … presidential elections (Delli Carpini 342)”. This paraphrase by the writer, Jeffrey Bivin is used to show the reader how he came to know about the issue of the youth having a lack of "civic engagement". It provides a base for all the other evidence of lack of civic engagement by the youth of the USA. This piece of information provides support to the statement made by the writer later in the second paragraph where he say that youth should be reinstated with the sense of public responsibility to make sure that country remains democratic and has a bright future.
‘He reports that young people are, “Less knowledgeable … the ages 30 and 45” (Delli Carpini 342).’ This is one of the three quotes the Jeffrey Bivin has used in the fourth paragraph. The writer choose to present hard evidence to support his point in the paragraph that most of the youth between the age of 18 and 29 are not aware and even more are “less engaged” in public life than their “older counterparts.” This research gives the reader background information about the average American youth’s involvement in political issues. This research shows the severity of the situation of “civic engagement in the American youth even though they are in the receiving end of the best education relative to the what their older counterparts got.
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