Forum Overview :: Site Comments :: The truth is probably a lot more banal and sad than that.

[quote name="Fullofkittens"]On Election Day, no one I talked to had any idea who was running for any office or what was on any of the ballots. Staying home wasn't a comment on anything. They didn't vote because they forgot there was even an election this year. By contrast, that same day I heard no less than 30 minutes of conversation about how U of M's games would affect MSU's bowl chances. The woman I was sitting next to said that her son's school made him watch 15 minutes of election coverage and he asked her what the difference was between conservatives and liberals. She said she didn't want to tell him because she didn't want to talk to an 8 year old about abortion; pro-choice vs. pro-life was the only difference she knew about.[/quote]