Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

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>>>Voter turnout in western Europe is typically 80% or higher...<<<

It's fallen off a bit here and there but overall it's still way up there compared to "the greatest democracy on earth". All of Scandinavia is around 80% and look at Italy and Belgium.
http://www.idea.int/vt/index.cfm