Learning Exercise
The Economics of Voting: What Do You Mean, My Vote Doesn't Count?
This assignment has the students create a poster or podcast explaining the costs and benefits of voting.
Course: American Government
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- The Economics of Voting: What Do You Mean, My Vote Doesn't Count?
- Date last modified:
- November 11, 2008
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- McGraw-Hill Learning Solutions
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This lesson explores the costs and benefits associated with voting in national elections. Specifically, the concepts of... see more
Exercise
Create a poster or podcast explaining the costs and benefits of voting.
People 18 20 years of age historically have shown poor voter turnout in elections, and economics explains why such behavior can be rational from the non-voting individual's perspective.
Does your vote count? Using the information gathered through the MERLOT resource, create a poster or podcast convincing your peers that their vote is important and they should vote.