books.google.ca - Americans take for granted that ours is the very model of a democracy. At the core of this belief is the assumption that the right to vote is firmly established. But in fact, the United States is the only major democratic nation in which the less well-off, the young, and minorities are substantially...http://books.google.ca/books/about/Why_Americans_Still_Don_t_Vote.html?id=iChqseXU4RIC&q=ballot&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareWhy Americans Still Don't Vote