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In political science, political apathy is a lack of interest or apathy towards politics. [1] This includes voter apathy, information apathy [2] and lack of interest in elections, political events, public meetings, and voting. [3] Voter apathy is a lack of interest among voters in the elections of representative democracies.
Apoliticism is apathy or antipathy towards all political affiliations. [1] A person may be described as apolitical if they are uninterested or uninvolved in politics. [2] Being apolitical can also refer to situations in which people take an unbiased position in regard to political matters. [3]
Anti-politics tends to focus on negative assessments of politicians and political elites by civic organisations, the media and citizens, [3] whereas political apathy may involve disaffection with other elements of a political system, such as the electoral system or party system. [4]
This political apathy will in turn result in the almost inevitable growth of government if left unchecked by associationalism. Thus, Tocqueville predicted that “It is easy to see the time coming in which men will be less and less able to produce, by each alone, the commonest bare necessities of life.
Others argue that young people are typically "plagued" by political apathy and thus do not have strong political opinions. As strong political opinions may be considered one of the reasons behind voting, [ 32 ] political apathy among young people is arguably a predictor for low voter turnout.
A protest vote (also called a blank, null, spoiled, or "none of the above" vote) [1] is a vote cast in an election to demonstrate dissatisfaction with the choice of candidates or the current political system. [2] Protest voting takes a variety of forms and reflects numerous voter motivations, including political apathy. [3]
In political science, voter fatigue is a cause of voter abstention which result from the electorates of representative democracies being asked to vote often, on too many issues or without easy access to relevant information. [1]
A parochial political culture is a political culture where citizens have only limited awareness of the existence of central government. [1] Parochial culture leads to the general ignorance about political subjects and a consequent lack of involvement of political activity.