Fixing the US’s Voter Participation Problem

117 million people didn’t vote in the 2016 Presidential election. The US has a massive voter participation problem, but it’s not in the way you might think. The US actually has pretty good voter turnout rate among registered voters. Statistics showing the US with 55–65% turnout rate for Presidential elections are actually based on a flawed set of numbers. That percentage is derived from the number of people who vote compared to the entire voting age population. The percentage of registered voters who actually vote is between 80 and 90 percent. The problem with people not voting…