Message Not Delivered: The Myth of Apathetic Youth and the Importance of Contact in Political Participation

Over the last 30 years, voting rates among younger people have declined. The low voting rate is often viewed as evidence that young people today don’t care about politics and aren’t interested in the world.

In this report, Samara Canada—a national charity dedicated to reconnecting citizens to politics—compares political participation and contact rates between citizens and Canadian political leaders across three age groups.