Working right?

[Frank Cross]

I'm not sure I follow the theory about not voting.
I would think that a reason for not voting was believing that the overall 
system was working well.  I think you will find that turnout increases when 
people are unhappy with the status quo, not when they are happy with it.
Or perhaps just a rational choice, given that any one person's vote won't 
make a difference.



At 11:50 AM 11/8/2005, Malla Pollack wrote:
>Obviously a very difficult thing to prove or disprove for many reasons. I
>would say that the Constitution is not working very well.  The most
>"objective" proof is the relatively low voter turnout on major elections.
>
>Malla Pollack
>Professor, American Justice School of Law
>Visiting Univ. of Idaho, College of Law
>mpollack at uidaho.edu
>208-885-2017
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: conlawprof-bounces at lists.ucla.edu
>[mailto:conlawprof-bounces at lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Bob Sheridan
>Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 7:46 AM
>To: ConLaw Prof
>Subject: Working right?
>
>On the subject of whether the Constitution was working or not, how
>could  you tell?
>
>rs
>sfls
>
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Frank Cross
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The University of Texas at Austin
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