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Using the graph and passage below, which statement best describes the main cause for lower voter turnout in both the U.S. and in Europe? "By international standards, U.S. voter turnout is unusually low. The 55.7 percent turnout in the 2016 election put the United States behind most of its peers—it now ranks twenty-eighth out of thirty-five OECD members. Various factors explain this pattern. As noted above, complex registration procedures and restrictive voting laws in some states discourage participation, particularly among low-income voters. Geographic segregation and lower levels of unionization and welfare state integration likely further decrease turnout, resulting in more socially skewed participation. Researchers cite low levels of competitiveness in many states and districts—both due to gerrymandering and partisan sorting—as another explanation... In Western and Northern Europe, average turnout rates remain higher than in the United States, despite country-to-country variation and negative downward trends in many countries. In recent elections, Belgium—which has a mandatory voting law—had the highest rate of electoral participation, with 87.2 percent among all voting-age people turning out to vote. The country was followed closely by Sweden and Denmark; while Austria, Finland, Germany, Greece, Iceland, the Netherlands, and Norway all had turnout rates of over 68 percent in their recent elections... Over the past three decades, there has also been a decline in turnout of about 10 percent in many established European democracies—albeit from a higher base. Turnout rates in European Parliament elections have also decreased. Moreover, European democracies are not immune from increasing inequalities in electoral participation. In Germany, for example, the more precarious the living conditions in a location, the lower the voter turnout. Without exception, voter participation in socially disadvantaged areas is much lower than in more affluent urban districts.”


A.

Western Europe has experienced lower voter turnout solely because of gerrymandering.

B.

Both the U.S. and Western Europe have volatile and un-established democracies.

C.

Voter turnout has never been high for any of the countries in figure 10, averaging around 50%.

D.

Low income and poor living conditions for certain sections of the population continue to drive lower overall voter turnout.