Less than 15% of the American electorate turned out to vote in the 2014 mid-term election. That is a startling low level of political engagement, especially in a country that prides itself on its citizens' freedom to vote.

Six political analysts collaborated to determine the degrees of civic engagement in each state and the District of Columbia. Commissioned by WalletHub.com, the experts found very high involvement in Wisconsin, Colorado and Maine and very low engagement in Texas, West Virginia and Oklahoma.

Smart Talk will speak with Keith Gaddie, one of the authors of the report and the Chair of the Political Science Department at The University of Oklahoma, about the state of political engagement in both the United States and Pennsylvania as we are less than a week away from one of the most contentious election in memory.

Then we meet with Ted Herman and Mike Aumiller - collectors of political buttons. They will share their favorite pieces from their collections and talk about the role memorabilia plays in presidential campaigns. They will be showing their collection at the Hershey Derry Township Historical Society tonight at 7:00pm.

Also, we speak with Paul Rizzo, the Libertarian candidate running for the seat in Pennsylvania's 15th Congressional District. The district includes all of Lehigh County and parts of Berks, Dauphin, Lebanon and Northampton Counties and is currently represented by Republican incumbent Charlie Dent.