Looking at who doesn't vote in America can be a kind of Rorschach test for political commentators. Confronted with the dark splotch of the politically disengaged, they discern all kinds of shapes--here a complacent consumer, there an alienated cynic, and over there a volunteer who values public service over voting. As more people avoid the polls, it perhaps becomes easier to characterize the people who do follow politics. In my experience, they tend to care for an actual reason, or multiple reasons: