On The Sidelines Of Democracy: Exploring Why So Many Americans Don’t Vote

Just in the past few months, elections in the U.S. have been decided by hundreds of votes.

The 2016 presidential election tilted to Donald Trump with fewer than 80,000 votes across three states, with a dramatic impact on the country. Yet, only about 6 in 10 eligible voters cast ballots in 2016. …

Every election cycle there’s a lot of attention on who voted and why. But there’s another important question: Who is not voting — and what impact does that have? CONT.

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