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> EU turnout makes the American midterms look positively Athenian That doesn't seem accurate. Turnout for the last 4 midterms vs. EU parliament elections: E
by pfg 10y ago
> EU turnout makes the American midterms look positively Athenian
That doesn't seem accurate. Turnout for the last 4 midterms vs. EU parliament elections:
EU 49.5% 45.4% 42.9% 42.6%
US 39.5% 40.4% 41.0% 35.9%
- hacknat 10y agoIt's discouraging when you look at the standard deviation though. The Eastern countries have disparingly low turnout. Edit: USA numbers are artificially low, because they don't account for felons and the incarcerated population (of which the US has a high number, about 3 million people now). This chart shows we have better than EU turnout if you calculate based on eligibility rather than voting age: www.electproject.org/2012g
- pfg 10y agoMy numbers are based on VEP as well[1]. 2012 was a presidential election year, not a midterm election. [1]: http://www.electproject.org/national-1789-present http://www.electproject.org/national-1789-present