Turnout for the Los Angeles mayor race was the lowest in 100 years. Given the race was between two vacuous center-left politicians, Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti, who spent most of the race sliming each other’s lack of ideas and that termed-out mayor Antonio Villaraigosa accomplished not much of anything in eight years except enriching his cronies and presiding over the slow slide of a city downwards, perhaps the voters of Los Angeles are wiser than we think in expressing their displeasure at a broken and compromised political system by staying home and not voting.
Give voters real choices with candidates who have actual ideas, and turnout will soar.