What is the effect of voter apathy on the american population?

Question

Hello

I'm doing research on voter apathy and have run into a roadblock. I'm trying to find the effect or lack thereof of voter apathy on the american population.

If you could post with links related, specific examples of the effect, or information you personally know and know to be factual.

Thank you all so much for your help!!!

Answer 1

Democracy is already bad enough; imagine if even more poor people voted. So voter apathy doesn't have much of an effect.

Answer 2

Voter apathy ruins all hope of a successful democracy. Democracy requires people to care and be informed voters. If the voters are apathetic we don't have a true functioning democracy because the true wants and needs of the people are not being expressed.

Answer 3

Voter apathy has one significant positive effect -- it prevents people from wasting too much time on politics.

Answer 4

With the choices we have for leaders, apathy doesen't seem to matter, we all lose no matter what

Answer 5

To paraphrase the great H.L. Mencken:

We get the leader we deserve

doesn't say much for us having a shrub in the oval office, now does it?

Answer 6

corruption in our governments

Does Mr.McCain represents " Elderly Power" and a liberal warmonger right wing ?