Unfortunately American elections have among the lowest turnout in the democratic world.
I'll be interested to see what effect the very close result of last time has on voter turnout, especially in Florida. Hopefully it will encourage increased turnout because people will feel that their vote really does have the potential to make a difference, although I suspect that the electoral college thing will mean that for many people it still won't.
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Date: May 14th, 2004 03:08 am (UTC)From:I'll be interested to see what effect the very close result of last time has on voter turnout, especially in Florida. Hopefully it will encourage increased turnout because people will feel that their vote really does have the potential to make a difference, although I suspect that the electoral college thing will mean that for many people it still won't.