Voter Participation in the United States

The United States is the source of inspiration for freedom and hope in all the countries of the world. This is a country where citizens have the absolute right to "the pursuit of life, liberty, and happiness" and the right to how democratic states are ordered and operated for their intrinsic value. Democracy is a government system that takes responsibility for the people to form their own country to represent their own country and their position. People have the ultimate power of the country.

In the 2016 presidential election, 55% of the American voters participated in the democratic process by voting. In the year of the non-presidential election, this percentage declined by an average of 20%. Compared to developed countries, American voters have the lowest voter turnout rate - 66% in the UK, 69% in Spain, 71% in Germany, voter turnout in Canada Is 68%. The average voter rate of developed countries is 76% - the United States is 27th in the world. The obstacles in voting should force people to remind their politicians - the vote on Tuesday was old and established in the American agricultural era. Nevertheless, there are rare cases in which the participation rate of voters declines by 20% in the yearly elections.

Most democracy in the world, including the United States, makes it possible to decide whether or not a voter will participate in the election. However, in some countries voting is mandatory, and in some cases a small fine will be imposed on the person who refused to vote. Indeed, seven of the 31 democracies are compared in the following text on comparative democracy "Different democracy: the US government viewed from 31 countries". Their voter participation rate is higher than that of the US, but since the United States is ranked near the bottom of the list, this is not much to say. However, even more noteworthy is that the four 'forced voting' countries - Italy, Belgium, Greece and Australia - are ranked among the top four voter turnout rates in all 31 countries.

Most scholars trying to solve the mystery of low participation of American voters begin with this explanation. Personally, I am surprised that the US voting system is rare in the democratic world. Because it requires voters to register in order to vote. But for me at least, this is one of the main advantages of seeing other democracy. In most other countries of the democratic world, there is no separate step of registration. It happens automatically. Or, in other words, in most democracies, it is the government's responsibility to register a referendum. In general, the government knows the name, age, address of most citizens, and in addition to the United States provides a list of eligible polling stations and those eligible for voting. Voters must appear