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Le coeur de MEP
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Who cares about voting? Not U.S. citizens: only sixty-six out of a hundred voted in the last election.
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In what kind of kingdom does one-third of the king never even show up?
— Simeon Morrow
A commentary by SIMEON MORROW
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Who cares about voting? Not U.S. citizens: only sixty-six out of a hundred voted in the last election.In primary school terms, 66% equals a "D" or "lowest acceptable" grade. "Well that was during the Pandemic, so it's understandable", you're probably thinking. 66/100 turns out to be the highest voter turnout since 1900 (Pew Research); turnout was higher four years ago than it was during World War I., World War II., the Vietnam War and post-9/11.
The United States is a re-public, which literarily means "the people are the king". In what kind of kingdom does one-third of the king not even show up? Or worse: what does the two-thirds of the king who shows up decide at the expense of the missing third?
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The People as King
- In the 2020 U.S. General Election, only 66/100 eligible voters cast votes
- The 2020 U.S General Election had the highest voter turnout since 1900
