You've heard the news by now
that turnout in the 2014 midterms was the lowest in any election since 1942, when
voters were busy with, you know, other stuff.
In short, only 36 percent of the voting-age population bothered to cast a
ballot last week. A large proportion of them simply aren't registered to vote
at all. But past numbers suggest upwards
of 20 percent of
Americans adults were registered to vote, but couldn't be bothered
to - what's their excuse?
A new Pew
Research Center report has
some answers. They tracked down 181 registered voters who said they did not
vote this year and asked them their reasons for doing so. While it's a smallish
sample and we should be cautious about interpreting it too broadly, respondents
gave some illuminating answers.
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