> The participation rate has always been low in rich western countries. The gene...

riffraff · 2025-04-26T03:45:40 1745639140

Italy had 64% for the parliamentary elections in 2022, which is the lowest ever but it's pretty far from 30%.

pokot0 · 2025-04-26T03:56:23 1745639783

just to note that if “30% voted for this” participation was roughly 60%

wahern · 2025-04-26T04:10:14 1745640614

63.9% per https://www.cfr.org/article/2024-election-numbers Which apparently was quite high. Only 3 presidential elections in the past 100 years exceeded 63%: 1960, 2020, and 2024.