Electoral Reform Society of the United Kingdom Publishes Chart Showing Proportional Representation Countries Have Much Better Voter Turnout

The Electoral Reform Society of the United Kingdom has published this chart, by Dylan Difford. It shows turnout in advanced democracies for the last election for the national legislative body. It clearly shows that countries that use proportional representation have higher voter turnout than countries that don’t. The United States is listed, as the country with the third-weakest turnout. Countries with proportional representation are in purple.

Australia is an exception in the chart. It has the highest turnout and it does not use proportional representation. But Australia has compulsory voting. Thanks to Fairvote for the link.


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Electoral Reform Society of the United Kingdom Publishes Chart Showing Proportional Representation Countries Have Much Better Voter Turnout — 8 Comments

  1. “In the 2019 HOR elections, 5.05% of ballots were informal”

    “Informal?” What exactly does that mean? A ballot in which votes were not cast for the listed candidates?

  2. Australia does not use PR but it also does not use simple majority voting. In the Australian Senate elections are by PR.

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