Political Participation is where people participate in activities involving around the government or the community as a whole. Hans Klein, Associate Professor of Public Policy Georgia Institute of Technology wrote that political participation rights belong to the citizens. It is restricted to the citizens. According the Klein, political participant is to “seek to influence public affairs” (Klein 1). The citizens should participate in political services because citizens have the right to give feedback about their community. There are many forms of political participation such as an election. To participate in political services is to contact with the political politicians. It is a way to contribute to the community. Though many Americans does not like the government, political participation helped citizens cry havoc as the voice of the community really is powerful. As Klein said before, if there is “no government” there would be “no citizens” (Klein 1). Government is essential to organization. They help keep cities and society in check. The community can speak with a politician and give feedback. Sadly, many Americans are oblivious to this sort of power they have.
England has a higher voting rate than the United States. The country which is known as the land of the free where people can vote, have a shorter voting rate than a country with a Queen. Americans are just really lazy in everything. People from other countries risk their lives to come to America to vote (Barton 4). There are many explanation of this. Either people are lazy of voting to literally many candidates, or they do not have a higher education. People who are in a higher education are likely to vote because they care about the community. Higher education people are much more inform in politics. Those who are in political services would have a higher chance of voting because they are intrigued by what the government or land owners are doing. Political services is a way to get many people to vote, participate in political activities, give shout outs to their needs, and to help candidates communicate with the society. How else are they going to receive votes? Well, there are commercials and internet, but how are they going to know what the state want? That is where political participation comes in. It is a great way to connect people to politicians and society to government.
Political participation is very important to the community. Students all over the country are doing political service hours instead of civil. Participation in political not only boost the help of the community, also boost up a person’s charisma. It is a great way to connect the community to the government because a lot of people are complaining about something, but they are not doing anything about it. Political participation helped give people from the community a chance to give their thoughts. It is their right to vote to whom they want as a citizen and they have the right to know about these candidates; hear what they have to say because everyone is equal. Though anyone can search the internet about a candidate, but one must actually participate to understand and hear what the candidates are really saying. More people should participate in the politics because it is a step forward on helping their community grows useful to the nation. It also help the person grow within themselves as they are not as selfish about one’s well being, but the community’s well being.
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