The result when voters grow tired of voting and stay home from the polls?

• A. Beat
• B. Agenda setting
• C. Voter fatigue
• D. Citizen journalism

Answer: (C)

Voter fatigue is the idea that repeated elections and long campaigns can exhaust voters, reducing motivation to participate. When people feel overwhelmed or uninterested after ongoing political messaging, they may skip polling, leading to lower turnout. This phenomenon helps explain why turnout can dip in periods with many elections or intense campaigning—the fatigue keeps some portion of the electorate at home.

The other terms refer to different media concepts: a beat is a journalist’s usual reporting area, agenda setting is about media shaping which issues people think are important, and citizen journalism is when non-professional reporters share news. None of these describe voters choosing not to vote because they’re tired, which is why voter fatigue is the best fit.