The public seems to sense that, because in the 1974 elections only 38 per cent
of eligible voters bothered to go to the polls and only 14 per cent were able to name the two candidates running for Congress in their district.
Not exact matches
Less than half the state's
eligible voters bother to register, but Mormons almost always do, which gives them about a quarter
of the likely turnout.»
Instead, few
of our
eligible hispanics
bother to vote and many African - Americans mindlessly vote the Democratic line which explains in large part how an area encompassing 16,000 registered
voters dictates terms to the other 60,000.