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democracy's report card: the percentage of people who showed up instead of shrugging.
means the share of eligible voters who actually cast a ballot in an election.
from from the literal act of turning out of your house to vote, tracked in britain and the us since the 1800s as elections went from spectacle to statistic.
belgium mandatoryvoting compulsory, turnout regularly tops 87 percent
us presidential averageusually hovers between 50 and 65 percent
midterms slumpamerican midterm turnout often drops below 40 percent
weather mattersstudies link rain to measurably lower turnout