US elections has the lowest voter turnout in the free world

Posted by everlost on Thursday November 10, 2016 @08:25AM
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Re:US elections has the lowest voter turnout in the free world by finid on Thursday November 10, 2016 @08:41AM (#12920236)

It's just about 50%, which is kinda low. I think that's because people didn't really like the options available.

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Re:US elections has the lowest voter turnout in the free world by MulliMulli on Thursday November 10, 2016 @09:45AM (#12920740)

Wow, that is low. Here in Germany it's usually between 70-80%.

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Re:US elections has the lowest voter turnout in the free world by MulliMulli on Thursday November 10, 2016 @08:30AM (#12920149)

Does anyone have the number for this election?

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Re:US elections has the lowest voter turnout in the free world by everlost on Thursday November 10, 2016 @11:01AM (#12921512)

It's still being tabulated, but you can get a glimpse here - http://www.electproject.org/2016g

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