The Captain, you may be interested in reading a book called The Vanishing Voter: Public Involvement in an Age of Uncertainty, written by Thomas E. Patterson of Harvard's JFK School of Government. It addresses the issue of low voter turnout in the US from a relatively neutral political stance, and observes what actions of the major political parties, the media, and the public at large contribute to this alarming trend. The final section does include some ideas that might possibly help to increase voter turnout, although the actual implementation of these ideas certainly has not yet happened.
