Apathy sweeps Texas

Admittedly, the Democratic and Republican runoffs didn’t have much excitement to lure Texans to the voting booth.
But a 2.9 percent statewide turnout is hugely embarrassing.
In Bexar County, a paltry 1.2 percent of voters participated in the runoffs.
And since the state’s two independent gubernatorial candidates have been collecting signatures for a month, apathetic Texans couldn’t claim that they were saving themselves for Kinky Friedman or Carole Keeton Strayhorn.
Only about 10 percent of the state’s registered voters cast ballots in the March primary; in Bexar County, the figure was 7 percent.
These numbers send truly depressing messages about the health of our democracy, both political parties and the level of civic commitment felt by contemporary Americans.
When citizens don’t respond to government by voting, it’s no surprise that government is unresponsive to citizens.

San Antonio Express-News
source: http://www.claremoreprogress.com/archive/article25614