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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

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.

JumpCrisscross 2y ago
> record turnout for the US isn't very high in international terms 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-en.pdf?expires=1731776538&id=id&accname=guest&checksum=DF2B309569EB38D4219B57FE1ABC5C35 https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/docserver/reg_glance-2009-35-e... [2] https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/voter-turnout-by-country https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/voter-tur...
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