Democracy InAction: How Citizen Apathy Threatens America and What We Can Do About It

AMERICAN DEMOCRACY SEEMS TO BE AT A CROSSROADS. Many Americans have simply given up on politics. They’ve become apathetic—they just don’t care. And, honestly, who can blame them? In a world of hyper-polarization and elite-centric political discourse, the average American feels pushed out, so they stop caring. This is discouraging because America’s system of government is designed to be, as President Abraham Lincoln famously said, “of the people, by the people, [and] for the people.” Governm...