Voters In The Digital Age

As an increasingly smaller percentage of young constituents are engaging with traditional political mediums, the time to acknowledge a shift in the paradigm underlying American politics is now. Voters raised in the digital age expect an immediately tangible manifestation of their actions; anything less timely is archaic. Thus, participatory politics should be used to involve this generation’s people, who are driven by local, cause-specific experiences.
With young voters capitalizing on the promptness facilitated by technology, their activism needs are met in ways traditional political structures cannot afford. Not only are their perspectives immediately responded to, they are grounded in reality. Reflecting on previous experiences causes this