Abdication Quote by Charles M. Blow

The apathy of the modern voter is the confusion of the modern reformer.

— Learned Hand

“Voter apathy was, and will remain the greatest threat to democracy.”

— Hazen Pingree

“Then there are spurious intellectual discussions about ‘voter apathy’ and so on, as if such factors could possibly explain and somehow justify massive disengagement…

— Paul McLaughlin

Every time we go into the voting booth, we are choosing the moral and spiritual direction of our nation. That is a privilege and…

— Robert Jeffress

The very act of voting is a political act.

— Aparna Sen

In the 00s, it was often claimed that political apathy had replaced political participation. Membership of political parties and electoral turnout were both said…

— Owen Jones

Whatever politicians, activists and manipulators propose, it is the phlegmatic, indifferent, ingrained electorate which disposes.

— Don Aitkin

Voting is a civic sacrament.

— Theodore Hesburgh

The more that voting is glorified as a panacea, the more lackadaisical people become about preserving their constitutional rights.

— James Bovard

Electoral turnout is falling among the young, and political apathy is on the rise.

— Mo Ibrahim

The voter is basically dumb and lazy. The reason I became a Democratic operative instead of a Republican was because there were more Democrats…

— James Carville

If possible, I want to hear POLITICS defined without either sympathy or apathy.

— Terry Mark