Abstract
Literature on political engagement suggest that age, education, and the cost of voting cause varying levels of political engagement across society. This paper, however, seeks to point out the flaw in this argument by asserting that the type of education a person receives is the leading contributor to levels of engagement. More specifically, the argument of this paper is that social science majors are more politically engaged than their peers because their curriculum contains a civic education component. After surveying 688 students on The University of North Carolina-Asheville campus, the preliminary data suggest that this is in fact true in many but not all cases.
How to Cite
Andersen, K., (2019) ““Do you even vote, bro?”: An Analysis of Political Engagement on UNCA’S Campus”, Capstone, The UNC Asheville Journal of Undergraduate Scholarship 32(1), 5/1/2019.
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