Voter Apathy

There's one big data problem with the turnout decline thesis: Michael McDonald and others have pointed out that the surge in immigration since 1965 has added many non-citizens to the denominator usually employed to determine turnout. If they're excluded from the denominator, then the turnout decline since 1960 is much more modest. Which denominator did Patterson use?
There's also a striking paradox. In the 50s, there was much less difference between the parties in Congress or the state legislatures than there is now. Not since Reconstruction have the parties differed so systematically on so many issues. Yet many voters seem to see less difference than voters used to see, not more. Is this because recent pundits sneer at all politicians and networks and newspapers don't report as much about Congress and legislatures as they did in the 30s and 40s?

Electoral Process

No I dont agree with the electoral process. The cons to the electoral process are that when you are voting for president you arent actually voting for the president your actually voting for and elector who has pleged to represent the canidinate. The electors chosen by each state are called the electoral college. They are a group of people who officially elect the president and vice president. A pro to this is that everyone gets to vote, but your vote doesnt really count towards the election really.