Gary Younge on a lack of interest in the US midterm elections.
"If the fate of the world is hinging on these elections then nobody has told the Americans - and if they have, nobody cares. You do get the sense that America has yet to focus on these elections, yet if you turn on the television there are ads everywhere. What is interesting about these political ads is that for the most part you have no idea for the most part which party the people are standing for unless they mention Iraq or try and smear someone by association with George Bush.
"Of the people we spoke to yesterday in Des Moines, one had never been outside Iowa and never voted and the others really weren't interested in the election. And Des Moines is in a fairly hotly contested race, one of the few where Republicans are putting money in."
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