Low Voter Turnout Means There Is A Need For Education
The reality of good voter turnout stems from a poor attitude towards the institutions for which people are voting individuals in. Most people in democratic societies have very little understanding as to how their system truly works. The premise of many democratic societies is the idea of a government being created for the people and by the people. This infers that the government should be primarily be made up of ordinary citizens who take their turn serving the whole of society.
Children could be taught this concept at younger ages and throughout their educational careers, this can be reinforced through opportunities serving others. When political education is poor, apathy grows, and people are less likely to participate in the democratic process. There is also a miss education about what politicians are and what they are supposed to be doing once elected. The people in a society have to know with some consistency what their elected officials should be engaged in and what they should not be engaged in.
Voter education that begins only a little time before and election and only includes information about candidates is not really political education. For society as a whole to have some motivation to get out the vote, there has to be a more attractive political education process, and some consistency with the results of the political process.