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| Preface to the Third Edition | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| An Overview | |
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| The Aging of Regular Newspaper Readers | |
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| Who Reads a Newspaper Every Day Anymore? | |
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| Has Reading a Newspaper for Political Content Changed? | |
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| Can Similar Patterns Be Found in Other Established Democracies? | |
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| Do Young Adults Just Not Like to Read? | |
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| Conclusion: A Future for Newspapers? | |
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| The Aging Audience for Politics on TV | |
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| Is Network TV News a Dying Dinosaur? | |
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| Is Cable News Picking up the Slack? | |
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| Where Have All the Water-Cooler Shows Gone? | |
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| Can Similar Patterns Be Found in Other Established Democracies? | |
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| Conclusion: Can Soft News Save the Day? | |
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| Don't Ask Anyone Under 30 | |
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| Have Young People Become Less Likely to Follow Political Events? | |
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| What News Stories Did Young People Follow in 2004? | |
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| Is This the Least Politically Knowledgeable Generation of American Youth Ever? | |
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| Are Young People in Other Democracies Similarly Clueless About Politics? | |
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| Conclusion: The Impact of Political Knowledge | |
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| Appendix to Chapter 3 | |
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| Where Have All the Young Voters Gone? | |
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| Turnout by Age in American Presidential Elections Since 1964 | |
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| Turnout by Age in Parliamentary Elections: Change over Three Decades | |
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| The Turnout Gap in American Second-Order Elections | |
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| The Turnout Gap in Second-Order Elections in Other Established Democracies | |
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| Conclusion: Was Lowering the Voting Age a Mistake? | |
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| Do Young Adults See Voting as a Civic Duty? | |
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| Have Young Americans Become Less Likely to View Voting as a Duty? | |
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| Can Similar Trends Be Found in Other Democracies? | |
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| Conclusion: A Window Into the Future? | |
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| Does Low Youth Turnout Really Matter? | |
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| Does Position in the Life Cycle Affect Policy Positions? | |
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| Is There a Generation Gap in American Voting Behavior? | |
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| Are There Age Gaps in Ideology and Voting Behavior in Other Countries? | |
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| Conclusion: A Government for Older People? | |
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| A New Civic Engagement Among Young People? | |
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| Are Today's Young People the Volunteer Generation? | |
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| Have Young People Become More Involved in Community Problem Solving and Contacting Governmental Officials? | |
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| Have Young People Turned to Unconventional Forms of Political Participation? | |
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| Conclusion: Young People's Place in the Forest of Political Participation | |
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| Young People's Role in the 2008 and 2010 Elections | |
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| Has the Internet Changed Age Patterns of Political Attention? | |
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| Did Young People Tune in to the 2008 Conventions and Presidential Debates? | |
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| Did the Campaigns Really Reach out to Young People in 2008? | |
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| How Much Did Young People Participate in the 2008 Nomination Process? | |
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| Did Young People Vote at Higher Rates in the 2008 General Election? | |
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| Where Did All the Young Voters Go in 2010? | |
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| Conclusion: Last Place in Turnout Is Nothing to Crow About | |
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| What Can Be Done? | |
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| How to Improve Turnout Rates Without Compulsory Voting? | |
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| Want a Solution? Consider Compulsory Voting | |
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| How Much Support Is There for Compulsory Voting? | |
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| Is Talk of Compulsory Voting at All Realistic? | |
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| Endnotes | |
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| Index | |
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| Name Index | |
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| Subject Index | |