And two years ago, only 42 percent of adults voted in Congressional elections. Voter turnout in America is among the lowest of any democracy in the world. More than 80 percent of voters turned out for recent elections in Italy, Greece, Sweden, and Australia . Many very important elections have been decided by just a few votes. In this country, the 1960 presidential race between John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon was so close that the margin of victory averaged out to just one vote per precinct.
Parents exert a tremendous influence over the future voting behavior of their children.
If parents vote regularly, their children are far more likely to vote when they become adults. And now, with fewer and fewer Americans going to the polls, it's more critical than ever for parents to make voting a family tradition. The future of our democracy may depend on it.