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  • The political behavior of the young generation has a big impact to the future of democracy. Previous research stated that young voters in Germany and Britain – as well as in other countries – show a strong will to vote at elections (Torney-Purta et al. 2001, Renshon 1977). But nonetheless their turnout is among the lowest. In Germany especially the group of the voters aged between 22 and 25 years had an even lower turnout than the first-time-voters. Considering that the first election has a strong influence on behavior at the following elections, it is from greatest interest, why young people decided to vote or not to vote when they got the chance to cast their vote for the very first time. Beside this it was already proven, that a different social status of the young voters also leads to different participation patterns and to different political preferences. Political identity forges a link between the conditions of living, the participation at elections and the political preferences (Kuhn, Oswald 2001). But political identity is less marked for young voters than for older ones. Also voting is less a responsibility for them as it is for the older population. Looking at factors like political interest, the influence of family of origin, friends and media as well as at political activity the paper seeks to identity the factors which caused the low turnout of younger voters. Above of that a comparison between young voters in Britain and Germany enables us to analyze the impact of different voting systems and cultures. (xsd:string)
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  • To vote or not to vote that is the question – How young voters make up their minds at Federal elections in Germany and Britain (xsd:string)
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