How low is voter turnout in the United States?

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	Question:	Read the following example: Research question: How low is voter turnout in the United States? Which excerpt from “Compulsory Voting: An Idea Whose Time Has Come” best answers the example research question above?

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A.	“In the following 1924 election, voter turnout in Australia climbed to 91% and has remained around 95% ever since.”
*B.	“And yet, when it comes time to elect a new president, only 55% of Americans show up to cast their vote.”	Correct!
C.	“According to the Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, about 32 countries around the world have some form of compulsory voting . . .”
D.	“Since mandatory voting began in Australia, the percentage of ballots that voters intentionally complete in random or incorrect ways remains around 2 to 3%.”

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The correct answer is: “And yet, when it comes time to elect a new president, only 55% of Americans show up to cast their vote.”