“I remember reading the USSR had 98% turn out in their elections.”
If you failed to show up and vote, the KGB Internal Security Police showed up at your door to find out why.
If you failed to vote “Yes” for the Party Slate, the KGB Internal Security Police showed up at your door to find out why.
We aren’t very far from that now in America’s Inner-City Minority communities, courtesy of SEIU/ACORN, and the race hustlers.
You are right. Although, the arm twisting is minimal in the United States of America.