On Points: Turnout 2014

The votes have been counted in the 2014 elections and the results revealed there were fewer to count than many had expected. In fact, the proportion of Americans legally eligible to cast ballots in this most recent election was the lowest in more than seven decades.

Every fall of an even-numbered year, the most predictable media story is “the unrelenting negative campaign” and how Americans are supposedly turned off by the negative ads they see on TV. …

But, what if the “shockingly” low turnout in the recently concluded elections was due to the simple fact that there was not much reason for many Americans to vote and—wait for it—that there were too few ads? CONT.

Ken Goldstein (U. of San Francisco) & Harley Ellenberger (Kantar), Cook Political Report

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