Now THAT'S Democracy!

Check out nationmaster.com. It's an awesome resource of international statistics.

Here's a good statistic:

I'll call it "TOP 10 VOTING DEMOCRACIES IN THE WORLD"


Democracy: Presidential elections - Turnout
Definition: The number of votes divided by the Voting Age Population figure, expressed as a percentage.

Amount
1. Guinea-Bissau 116.0% (1999)
2. Seychelles 97.9% (2001)
3. Uruguay 94.7% (1999)
4. Korea, South 92.5% (1997)
5. Angola 88.3% (1992)
6. Iceland 87.0% (1996)
7. Cyprus 85.6% (1998)
8. Israel 84.5% (1999)
9. Singapore 83.7% (1993)
10. Ghana 82.5% (1996)


*In Guinea-Bissau 116% of voting age voters, vote!*
The US is just under 49.3% (year 2000).

Go Guinea!