I think it remains on target in spite of current events because we are talking about voter turnout not who you or I would prefer to win an election. If the person that I vote for doesn't win the election, it means a lot of people didn't vote for that person.

To say that this is a general "voter turnout" problem suggests that I want more people who both support and oppose my candidate to turn out when in fact my problem is "Get Out the Vote" for my candidate.

More voters in the 2000 US Presidential election does not necessarily change the outcome of the election. More Gore voters with no additional Bush voters would, but then we're not talking about the electoral process, we're talking about winning elections.

And of course there is the assumption that were Gore President, current events would be better when they could also be worse, in a different way - there's no way to know.

For advocating particular policies or actions in geopolitics, I don't think voter turnout or electoral processes are the place to look unless you wish to bias the system towards particular outcomes. It requires good old fashioned convincing of fellow citizens.