Didn’t Vote? Don’t Worry About It.
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Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- We don’t yet have final numbers onhow many Americans voted this year, but preliminary figuressuggest that turnout is probably down from 2008 -- down inpercentage terms, and possibly down in absolute terms as well.The population is growing, but the number of voters seems to beshrinking.
I don’t see low voter turnout as quite the crisis othersdo. I’m not against high turnout or in favor of low turnout. I’mjust unpersuaded that the optimal level is 100 percent.