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Who Represents Us When Few Vote | Mesa News
In Arizona’s recent congressional primary, Mark Lamb won his spot with just 8% of eligible voters casting ballots — a stark snapshot of a deeper problem: in many districts, a tiny, unrepresentative slice of the electorate is deciding who holds power. Professor Henry Thomson’s research reveals that off-year elections, often held during summer vacation with no big statewide races, suffer from abysmally low turnout — usually under 30% — and those who vote tend to be older, wealthier, and more organized, skewing outcomes and weakening accountability. With only two of Arizona’s nine congressional…
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