Why Americans Still Don’t Vote Voter turnout in the United States is lower than in any other democratic country. This phenomenon of low turnout developed early in the twentieth century, but in the past three decades the turnout rate has continued to slide. In Why Americans Still Don’t Vote, the authors Piven and Cloward argue about what political scholars have to offer in explanations for why Americans are not exercising their most important …showed first 75 words of 736 total…

…showed last 75 words of 736 total…the major parties are happy with less turnout, and do not try to get people to the polls. In their book, Piven and Cloward emphasize on the argument with political scientist. “They say their goal, particularly in Why Americans Don’t Vote, was to highlight the inadequacies of three ‘schools’ of turnout studies, ‘party behavior,’ ‘legal-institutional,’ and ‘social-psychological,’ and to suggest a ‘synthesis’ of those approaches.”(Handout: Rejoinder to Piven and Cloward Stephen Earl Bennett.