Why Don't Americans Like to Vote?

The Wall Street Journal has a great article on why Americans don't like to turn out at the polls on election day like they used to.

You might be surprised to find the answer:

A 19th-century man (in most states, women weren't enfranchised until 1920)
could decide to vote on the spur of the moment, pick up a simple ballot from
party headquarters and drop it at the poll on Election Day, where his
like-minded neighbors would give him a cheer and perhaps a beer. No
preregistration was required, no taxes, no proof of residency, literacy or even
citizenship. If, like most people then, he was a party man, his vote might earn
him a reward -- a small cash gift or even better, a job with the post
office.

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