election demographics

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

At 05:11 PM 11/6/00 -0800, Brad wrote:
>Think for a moment about who doesn't vote. Think for a moment about 
>in whose interest it is that so many people abstain. Think about 
>whose interest it is to denigrate pleas for higher participation as 
>"elementary school civics."
>

There are no statistically significant differences in political orientation
between voters and non-voters.  The election results would be pretty much
the same if we had 100% voter turnout.  Selective mobilization of the
segments of nonvoting population that are likely to vote a ceratin way is a
different animal - but that is hardly "elementary school civics."

wojtek