I'm not sure what either of them necessarily stands for. America is in danger of becoming a divided nation of voters and non-voters. Absent the socializing influences of politically engaged parents, higher education, and other mediating institutions like churches and synagogues, young Americans may perpetuate the gap between voting and non-voting classes. America is in danger of developing a permanent non-voting class. They tend not to read newspapers or to use the Internet.
Religious youth are also more likely to talk to their parents about politics.
Government, Politics, and Democracy. In theory, most American youth believe that government has a legitimate role to play in people's lives and acknowledge that government has at least some impact in their own lives. In reality, they also see few connections between government's problem-solving role and the concerns they currently face in their daily lives. American youth are pragmatic about political participation. In addition, this generation has been raised in a time of successive political scandals by increasingly cynical parents.