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by ZeroGravitas
585 days ago
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First past the post systems generally have lower turnout than proportional systems. Even record turnout for the US isn't very high in international terms. And if that record turnout is to support and/or oppose a candidate that seeks to burn the whole system down and gets votes due to the system not reflecting voters priorities for a while then it further supports my theory. |
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Who are you comparing it to? The U.S. is middle of the pack in the OECD [1].
The highest-turnout countries are Equitorial Guinea, Rwanda and Turkmenistan [2]. None are democracies.
[1] https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/docserver/reg_glance-2009-35-e...
[2] https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/voter-tur...