Voter Turnout
Where I cast my absentee ballot, out of the 10,523 registered voters in Mariposa County. only 4,940 (46.94%) voted. This is pretty typical for the whole country. Imagine if each of the 117million eligible voters who didn't bother was charged a $175 fine for not voting, like here in Belgium-- the US government could have raised $20,475,000,000.00. Not to mention boosted legitimacy.