>Turnout was relatively very high in 2016 and 2020. And? The U.S. has countless local elections happening almost every year. The turnouts are abysmal. >Progre

>Turnout was relatively very high in 2016 and 2020. And? The U.S. has countless local elections happening almost every year. The turnouts are abysmal. >Progressives and the radical right don't think so, and they've certainly had tons of influence on government. Those aren't 100% of the electorate. This loops back to the point that democracy is failing when the bulk of the electorate no longer bother to vote. Only in a country with FPTP and distorted voter power distribution would a 60% turnout be considered "relatively very high". European elections regularly have turnouts in the high 80s. That's what normal democracies look like.