Chart: Who Votes in Midterms

There are three ways to compel a democratically elected government to act:

1. A revolution – overthrow them.
2. Agitation that is strong and so pervasive in the media, and yet sympathetically covered, that the voting majority is influenced by the group’s actions in their voting choices.
3. Voting.

Source: NYT 2/28/18.

Economist, Albert Hirschman described disgruntled citizens’ options: Exit, Voice, or Loyalty.  Voting is voice.

Author: Publicis

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