I don’t mean philosophically. I just mean, whatever happened to all that hand-wringing in the ’90s about declining voter turnout?
Since the low-point for voter turnout in 1996, turnout increased in 2000, again in ’04, and is likely to break records on Tuesday. So, what changed? There are plenty of theories:
1. Early voting.
This is the technical argument. In 1992, 7% of votes were cast before election day. Now, the total nears 1/3. Um… give people more time to vote, and you likely increase the number of people who vote. We’ll call that the Captain Obvious argument.
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