I think the reason people don't vote is because they don't know who to vote for. If you were to watch the mudslinging that takes place between candidates you would seriously wonder if people with such an infantile disposition should really act in the interests of the people. The media floods the American people with so much garbage, and with people worrying more about survival with food, gasoline and housing becoming less available to them at a decent cost,they spin in a media haze of disinformation rather than truth.
You can watch government representatives argue with the oil companies about why they take their immense profits and put them into futures to make the stockholders even wealthier than they are and see they have no real power to make any changes. If they did they would.
Here is a statement of affairs made by Ex CEO of the Chrysler Corp. Lee Iacoca:
Where have all the Leaders Gone? 
