By The People By Morone And Kersh

In the book By the People by James A. Morone and Rogan Kersh, it goes on to talk about how the voter turnout in the U.S. is lower than a lot of other industrialized countries. We know this because it says that, “The united states has one of the lowest voter turnout rates in the world. Most stable democracies register voter turnout rates in the 65 to 80 percent range, far higher than America's. In one of the top five countries, Australia, voting is compulsory- required by law. In the U.S., while a high percentage of registered voters turn out to vote, a much lower percentage of the voting age population is actually registered to vote.”(234). The book is trying to say that, even though, as citizens, we have a choice to decide the fate of our country, but a larger percentage doesn't feel the need to vote. It also goes on to talk about how in the other countries they are forced to vote by law and the example they gave was Australia. …show more content…
Which basically means that the as citizens, we tend to groups relating to each other whether It is by their skin tone, sexuality, gender, etc. In the text, it says “Alienation from public life may be described as a feeling of powerlessness, or an inability to control one’s own political fate” (244). This point brings up the ideals of faction since being Alienation is affecting the government because it forms groups that have different ideas than the government differently from. Going back to the question whether I agree with Morone and Kersh explanation of what discourages political participation. I do agree due to the simple fact of having Alienation people is very dangerous to a political