turnout, n.Definitions

Turnout (n.) looks ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠amazing when voting is compulsory and no one mentions the law, the ID card that must be stamped, or the army's warnings.

Turnout (n.) becomes ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the climax of a sponsored election — a democratic army and a people voting for peace overcoming rebel threats — and means nothing at all when an enemy state's voters turn out.