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[truthwaveindia]

How institutional signals shape youth and first-time voter trust in India’s elections. TruthWave Level-5 Investigation, Block 18.

Youth and First-Time Voters: How Institutional Signals Shape Democratic Engagement

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First-time US voters face a high-stakes option

First-time US voters face a high-stakes option #abortionrights #Climatechange #DonaldTrump #first-timevoters

First-time US voters face a high-stakes option

[youthchronical]

First-time voters come with purpose to the polling stations

On Monday, anticipation and excitement filled the air for thousands of first-time voters in the city who became eligible to exercise their right to vote. For many youngsters, voting was not just a civic responsibility but a chance to shape the future of the country. Manmitha, a 22-year-old pursuing her graduation in Bangalore had solely come to Hyderabad to exercise her right to vote. “Though I…

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[susangbarber]

Dear First-Time Voters, I want to personally apologize to you if this is your first election to vote. Since you were sitting in your first-grade class or even before, I’m sure you have looked forward to the day you would get to cast your first vote. Voting signals adulthood, responsibility, and your part in a democracy. You have most likely listened adults talk about voting in prior elections and…

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PHOTO: BENJAMIN RASMUSSEN FOR TIME

Meet the First-Time Voters Who Are Changing the Presidential Election

Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders convinced these people to engage in politics for the first time in their lives

[thecrowdwire]

Dance of the Virgins: Debate Drew Many First-Timers

In the previous post, we reported that the massive social response to the Denver debate - 11.2 million comments - got even more interesting when you looked at who did the talking. In addition to the usual seasoned election junkies who watch Sean Hannity and Rachel Maddow, there were a lot of young women who normally comment about shows such as Mean Girls and Awkward.

Debates have been airing on TV for more than half-a-century. What's new is that people can now talk back to their TVs, effectively becoming participants. And this seems to be expanding the audience for Campaign 2012.

Some new evidence: About 400,000 of those who responded to the debate were tweeting or posting about a televised event for the very first time. Since the overall conversation included 4.7 million individuals or "unique authors" (some commenting more than once), this means that nearly one in ten were newbies to social commentary about TV.

As the chart above shows, the Super Bowl and several entertainment-awards shows have drawn responses from large numbers of newbies. But this is the first time a political event has sparked such a large influx.

As the TV experience becomes more interactive, popular interest in the political process may be on the rise.

Note: All data based on public tweets and Facebook posts. Since Twitter comments are mostly public and Facebook posts largely private, Twitter predominates.