Some scoff and say it is not important since it is only the primaries.
Voting is a right and a responsibility, whether the primaries or the general election.
I cast an absentee ballot, and the clerk told me they were disappointed by the light turnout. It has been no secret that fewer and fewer Americans are voting. Theories abound as to why this is the case. To those possible reasons, add the tremendous outlay of money squandered on campaigning, and the average voter is one step away from becoming a cynic. Recently the political columnist for The Tennessean, Larry Daughtrey, wrote a column on the lack of enthusiastic voters today.