claim: "today, the united states has, sadly, one of the lowest voter turnouts of any major country on earth."
author: bernie sanders
evidence_1: may 21, 2018 ... about 55.7% of the u.s. voting-age population cast ballots in the 2016  presidential ... center survey – say high turnout in presidential elections is very  important, what ... by international standards, u.s. voter turnout is low .... (one  canton in switzerland, also an oecd member nation, has compulsory voting.).
evidence_2: apr 19, 2016 ... politifact has examined nearly 90 statements by democratic ... the presidential  hopefuls have fared with the truth as the golden state's june ... as a "well- documented" record of clinton's support for fracking in the past. ... has, sadly, one  of the lowest voter turnouts of any major country on earth. ... join now.
evidence_3: apr 25, 2016 ... that's a sad reality of american society. and that's what we have to transform. we  have one — as you know, one of the lowest voter turnouts of any major ... but in  america today — the last election in 2014, 80 percent of poor people ... the u.s.  having one of the lowest turnouts of any major country on earth.
evidence_4: nov 19, 2015 ... we have an economic and political crisis in this country and the same old, ...  today, in america, we are the wealthiest nation in the history of the world, but ....  it is extremely sad that the united states, one of the oldest democracies on earth,  has one of the lowest voter turnouts of any major country, and that ...
evidence_5: apr 24, 2016 ... 'that's a sad reality of american society,' sanders tells nbc news on ... in  southern states with some of the lowest median incomes in the country. ... “we  have one – as you know – one of the lowest voter turnouts of any ... but in  america today – the last election in 2014, 80% of poor people did not vote.”.