Pluralists have looked at times of high citizen participation and compared them to times of non-participation and have found a common thread. During times of high participation, the country is in the midst of turmoil, controversy, or economic hardships. Examples of this occurred during the Great Depression, Vietnam War, and the recession of the late 80’s- early 90’s(focused on the election of 1992). During these times, it is imp

The first flaw in the theory is claiming the level of satisfaction is what dictates the level of participation occurs. Of course people are going to make more of an effort to participate and vote during times that would be labeled by a pluralist as “Unsatisfactory” or high-levels of participation. But claiming that during times of stability that the sole reason why for non-participation is satisfaction or being content with the political process is too generalized. People have many more reasons for non-participation than that. Other reasons for non-participation are low efficacy, lack of time due to societal restraints, feeling of being poorly informed on the topics/candidates. A big reason for non-participation during times of success and stability deals with the candidates who run for office during those times. Candidates tend to exploit the recent success of the nation by promising to continue in the direction the nation is going in, and this creates candidates who often are very similar because they have the same goal and may differ

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