Thursday, 6 October 2016

How can we increase voter participation? (Liz Sablich, Brookings)

In the last U.S. presidential election, only 54 percent of the estimated voting-age population cast a vote. Voter turnout in the U.S. lags almost all other developed, democratic nations. According to the Pew Research Center, the United States ranks 31st among the 35 countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development when it comes to voter turnout in national elections.

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