This is to be expected, as non-voters either don't care to vote as they have their own problems, or have a general mistrust of the voting system. These traits are not specific to progressives or conservatives, so they don't skew the outcome meaningfully.

As much as i would like it, there is no 1/3 of the population that is made from antinatalist communists just waiting for the signal.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 3 points 7 hours ago

America is doing something wrong to have so many fail to vote

Australia has 90 to 95% voter turnout

We hold elections on weekends

We use a single transferable vote, so you can safely vote for who you actually support

We have a rule that you must vote, enforced by a tiny fine