With all of the complaining about our government, one would think that voter turnout would be higher than normal. In fact it was worse than normal with only 36.3% of voters actually voting; this was the worst turnout since 1942. Two states were tied for the lowest turnout at 28.8%: New York and Utah. Maine had the largest turnout with 59.3%.
But, maybe the low calibre of our existing government wasn't enough to elicit a change. After all, would you run for office in the current political climate? Just think of how much money you'd have to raise. And, if you're anywhere close to being normal, you have something to hide, even if it is something that happened in grammar school.
We need change in the electoral process. One good thing would be to reduce the electoral period. Canadians have only 36 days to decide who to vote for. I can't think of another country that has the perpetual campaining we do.
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