It's discouraging when you look at the standard deviation though. The Eastern countries have disparingly low turnout. Edit: USA numbers are artificially low,

It'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