I would love to see an America where 80-90% of the citizens make it to the polls. 2020 was the highest turnout ever and even then it was only 67% iirc.
I'm hoping for 80% and I think it might happen. 90% I don't even think I can compute that lol.
Unfortunately one of the downsides of living in a free society means people are free to be apathetic, civically illiterate, and lazy. Maybe the JLVRA should have an amendment added making it illegal not to vote.
Here in Australia we have mandatory voting, and we routinely hit 90%+! and thats in a country with vast outback country with incredibly remote people. (Australia is the size of the USA but only has 25 million people... I cannot understate the vastness of our land) Our last election in 2022 was the first since 1922 to be lower than 90%.. and it still did 89.22%.
Because its a legal obligation, we have an independent electoral commission which makes voting as accessible and easy as they can, from running polling on Saturday, to offering prepoll and postal votes, to even running remote teams that drive 100s of kms to remote outback stations to allow the 30 people that live there to vote. They even run a polling station in Antarctica for the scientists stationed out there. I've volunteered for the AEC before and it's genuinely amazing to see the work folks do every election.
America really needs to implement the same system, that way everyone has their vote counted, and politics becomes less divisive because politicians need to win a majority of their constituents, not just those whom vote.
America really needs to implement the same system, that way everyone has their vote counted, and politics becomes less divisive because politicians need to win a majority of their constituents, not just those whom vote.
Sadly, that's exactly why it won't happen, because the right wing relies on gerrymandering, voter suppression, and general fuckery to maintain their hold on power since the more people that vote, the more power they lose.
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u/IAmDeadYetILive 6d ago
yeah, I've seen that mentioned but even if it's halved, that's still incredible.