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Evidence of Citizenship and Democracy Deficits

https://www.people-press.org/2019/04/11/public-trust-in-government-1958-2019/

http://www.electproject.org/national-1789-present

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/05/21/u-s-voter-turnout-trails-most-developed-

countries/

Examples of Direct Participation

• Conventional Participation

1. Video clip (Public meeting: South Mountain Freeway)

https://youtu.be/KEtCAi_aI4c

2. Public meeting opportunities in Southern Arizona

https://www.southtucsonaz.gov/meetings

• Thin Participation

1. Regulations.gov (directly submit your comments to the federal government)

https://www.regulations.gov/

2. Data.gov (browsing data on policy proposals from federal government agencies)

https://www.data.gov/

3. SeeClickFix (reporting issues directly to the local government)

https://www.tucsonaz.gov/manager/seeclickfix-tucson

4. WethePeople (e-petition)

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/

• Thick Participation

1. Video clip (how the 21st century town meetings works)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJBgTFm8ZPQ&t=434s