election turnout
Balloting participation rate
Election turnout is the proportion of eligible voters who actually cast ballots in an election, usually expressed as a percentage: Voter turnout was higher than expected.
High turnout suggests engaged citizenry; low turnout raises questions about apathy or barriers to voting.
Also called voter turnout.
- voter registrationSigning up for elections
- get out the voteEffort to boost turnout
- political campaignsOrganized efforts seeking office
- civic dutyObligation owed to community
- civic educationTeaching about government participation
absentee voting · mail-in ballot · proportional representation · first-past-the-post · swing voters · early voting · polling place · long lines · sticker · ranked-choice voting · historical trends · grassroots organizing · queue · compulsory voting · line · social media influence · crowd · referendum
- electionsballot, ballots, voter registration, candidates, polls
- attendanceattendance, present, absent, here, attendance sheet
election turnoutvoter apathy
Lack of electoral participation
low turnout · political apathy · nonvoting · voter suppression · disenfranchisement
election, turnout, elect, elected, electing, elects, elective, elector, electoral