According to a poll by Suffolk University, about forty percent of US voters, that is, 80 million adults in the country, do not intend to participate in the presidential elections, which are scheduled for November 6, 2012.
According to the poll organizer, if the Americans who did not want to go to the polls did vote, most of them would vote for the incumbent President Barack Obama.
Many Americans cite their own political apathy as the main reason for their unwillingness to participate in the elections. For example, to the question: "Who is the vice president of the United States now?" could not answer nearly 40 million survey participants. And only a few of them remembered that Joe Biden is currently performing these duties. Sociologists are concerned about this situation, calling it a "terrible phenomenon." They predict election attendance rates close to the 2000 presidential election.
Also, dissatisfaction among a certain category of US residents is caused by the decision of the Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. He announced his intention to partner with Congressman Paul Ryan. 42% of voters consider this choice rather weak, 39% approve of Ryan's candidacy. 48% of respondents said that if necessary, a congressman can take the post of head of state, and 29% of respondents are convinced that he cannot.
Ryan's candidacy spurred the Republican campaign, observers said. But a politician known for radical ideas in areas of social spending, including health, may be rejected by some voters.
According to Rosbalt, Mitt Romney presented the candidacy of 42-year-old Ryan in front of voters on August 11, 2012 in Norfolk, Virginia. At the same time, the vice-presidential candidate criticized Barack Obama's economic program, saying that Romney would return America to its former greatness, since he had extensive experience in the field of economic activity - he himself was engaged in business, creating jobs.
Another reason for the decline in voter turnout is the very voting system in the United States, which is very archaic and inconvenient. The winner of the presidential race is determined by the Electoral College. As a result, sometimes it happened that a candidate became the head of the country who would not have won the majority of votes in the event of a direct vote.
