Summary Analysis Paper # 2: Political Participation and Civic Engagement After watching Jacob Helliwells Ted Talk, reading the Pew Research report on political participation, and conducting your own research, respond to the following in essay format (3-5 pages, APA style). What are political participation and civic engagement? Are they distinctly different? Explain What does your personal profile look like? In what ways do you participate or engage? Should you do more? Why or why not? Is voter turn-out the most important indicator of political participation? Why or why not? What impediments are there to greater political participation? How has the development of technology impacted on political participation in the United States?
