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John Dewey: “Perhaps the apathy of the electorate is due to the irrelevant artificiality of the issues with which it is attempted to…”

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Perhaps the apathy of the electorate is due to the irrelevant artificiality of the issues with which it is attempted to work up factitious excitement.
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John Dewey

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Dewey reflects on the reasons behind voter apathy in political engagement.

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