Can Online Games Improve Young People's Civic Participation?

Young voters make up to close to 20 percent of the electorate in the United States, yet a recent Pew study points to declining voter registration among young people.  But researchers are finding that social media sites often tap into young people's political passions, sometimes masked by airs of indifference in other settings.  With online quizzes, election games, and school initiatives, educators are hoping to get new voters to the polls. Get the whole story, first airing on KALW's Crosscurrents, on Youth Radio.