The Globe and Mail reports that voter turnout in today's election in Iraq is estimated at an encouraging 60% of eligible voters (
link). Keeping in mind that these people were risking their lives to get to polling stations, it's interesting to note that that number is very close to the 60.7% turnout from the 2004 US election, an election whose winner would become (or remain) one of the most powerful people on the planet (
link). And that number was America's highest since 1968.
Maybe Bush is so good at exporting
Freedom and Democracy that he forgot to leave some behind in the States.
On a Canadian side note, our voter turnout last year was 60.5%, but that's the lowest it's ever been. (
Link to Statscan source.)
