Scott Walker won the governorship of Wisconsin in 2010 with about a quarter of the eligible voters in a light turnout. Then in February 2011 there were big demonstrations against some of Walker's anti-union legislation. See "The "people" are speaking, but a bit late".
Then this year many started a petition to recall Gov. Walker. They collected 900,939 signatures. That is about 40 percent of the 3,285,704 registered voters (July 2010). These figures are from the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board.
So what happened on primary day on May 8, 2012? Did 900,939 voters vote for any of the Democrats? Right, and we will have 100% turnout in the Presidential elections this fall! The five Democratic candidates received 665,928 votes together. Where were the other 25 percent of the petition signers? And it is probably worse than that because many who showed up to vote didn't sign a recall petition. (Election results from the Green Bay Press Gazette.)
Demonstrations take a lot more effort than voting. But it seems many people would rather demonstrate than vote. See "Which is better, civil disobedience or voting?"
Remember, "The 1% may have the money, but the 99% have the votes", but your vote doesn't count if you don't show up!
