Posted by Darcy Richardson at Uncovered Politics:
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 4 — According to the Associated Press, 90 million Americans — only 42% of registered voters — pulled the lever for a congressional candidate on Tuesday. That’s just a hair under 29% of the US population of 310.6 million.
“So much for the consent of the governed,” says Thomas L.… Read more ...
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Ⓧ VOTERS: IT’S NOT APATHY, IT’S NON-CONSENT
Coming out of the 2010 mid-term elections, it’s too early to compile exact statistics — but odds are a majority of Americans didn’t cast ballots on Tuesday.
Some are disenfranchised by age restrictions, incarceration or other legal obstacles.… Read more ...