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Why does voter turn out differ across different countries and time periods?
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Why does voter turn out differ across different countries and time periods? Voter turnout is one measure of citizen participation in politics. It is usually expressed as the percentage of voters who cast a vote (i.e., "turnout") at an election. This total number of voters includes those who cast blank or invalid votes, as they still participate. Voting is the most wide spread form of political behaviour, thus is a very significant feature of politics. However, voter turnout has decreased globally over the past 10 years by almost 10 percent, both in established democracies as well as newly-democratized developing countries. The only region in the world with an increase in voter turnout during the past 10 years is Central and Eastern Europe where democracy has returned since 1989 Within Western Europe Liechtenstein has the highest turnout average, while Switzerland has the lowest. In North America Bahamas has the highest rate, the lowest is...
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