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Eligible voters are done with politics. Why voter apathy threatens democracy

Eligible voters are done with politics. Why voter apathy threatens democracy

St. Louis on the Air · St. Louis Public Radio

April 5, 202422m 58s

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Show Notes

While the 2020 election brought out a record number of voters to the polls across the country, the United States lags behind other countries when it comes to voter turnout. Whether from news fatigue or dissatisfaction with bipartisan politics, low voter turnout threatens democracy. That’s according to Ken Warren, professor of political science at St. Louis University, who joined the most recent edition of the Politically Speaking Hour on St. Louis on the Air.