Word: voters
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...Voter turnout is also declining at a faster rate. From 1941 to 1971 the number of voters dropped by about 5,000. Since that time it has fallen by roughly 14,000. The population of Cambridge has declined since 1950, but over the past two decades it has remained fairly steady at about 100,000, according to City Hall...
City Councillor Michael A. Sullivan points to the low voter turnout as an illustration of political apathy in Cambridge...
...Duehay attributes the drop in voter turnout to the declining number of candidates rather than political apathy...
Duehay also says local activism and voter turnout is influenced by national trends. "I think you're talking about American politics, not just [the situation] in Cambridge," he says...
...There were a lot more neighborhood connections. People don't participate in the elections that they used to," Sullivan says. "There's voter apathy; there's no connection...