Voter turnout
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voter-turnout-176-10079167
title:
Voter turnout
text:
In political science, voter turnout is the participation rate of a given election. This is typically either the percentage of registered voters, eligible voters, or all voting-age people. According to Stanford University political scientists Adam Bonica and Michael McFaul, there is a consensus among political scientists that "democracies perform better when more people vote." Institutional factors drive the vast majority of differences in turnout rates. For example, simpler parliamentary democra
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encyclopedia
description:
Percentage of a country's eligible voters who actually vote within elections
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_turnout
date created:
2004-03-24T20:53:51Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T19:05:49Z
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