Yesterday’s political headlines across the news-o-sphere were all about apathy:\u00a0 It turns out Hispanics support the Democratic party by landslide margins, but roughly half of them aren’t going to vote.<\/p>\n
Across the electorate, voters generally say they’re about divided on which party they support; and on many of the issues they actually prefer Democratic policy ideas.<\/p>\n
But again, a big chunk of Democratic voters say they’re unlikely to actually cast a ballot this year — a level of apathy that could give the Republicans a whopping 56-38% advantage at the polls, according to Gallup<\/a>.<\/p>\n Translated into House seats, that could give the GOP its largest majority since the 1920s.\u00a0 (Most analysts expect smaller, but still epic gains for Republicans.)<\/p>\n If this were a case of American voters being narrowly divided over policy, over the character of the politicians, over the values of the two parties, I’d say let the chips fall where they may.<\/p>\n But it’s increasingly clear that this vote is between people who care enough about their values to vote — and people who, quite simply, don’t.<\/p>\n In a democracy, for practical as well as sound philosophical reasons, victory should go to the people with the most passion, the most energy, and the greatest willingness to participate in the process.<\/p>\n