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0 pointsvladvasiliu1y ago0 comments

How many people did actually bother to vote in Germany?

Here in France, the "extremists" got a bit over 30% of votes. But turnout was only 51%.

According to [0] average turnout is 51%. Some countries have very high numbers (IIRC voting is mandatory in Belgium?), others ridiculously low. This, to me, means pretty much that "voters don't care".

[0] https://results.elections.europa.eu/en/turnout/

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prmoustache1y ago

> This, to me, means pretty much that "voters don't care".

This is simplistic. Some have simply lost confidence in their representatives and/or cannot find a decent candidate.

account421y ago

Would be interesting if voter turnout somehow had an effect on the government. For example if the required consensus for new laws would be scaled by the turnout - e.g. for if there is only 51% turnout then any laws that need a majority consensus would need almost all politicians to agree. Could provide interesting incentives for politicians to care about voter engagement and political education.

fabianholzer1y ago

> How many people did actually bother to vote in Germany?

64.78%, or over 40 million in absolute terms.

pxtail1y ago

> How many people did actually bother to vote in Germany?

People (including me) doesn't want to bother with voting when the whole thing is a farce - it's beyond my understanding why would someone be enticed to vote for incompetent politicians who get parachuted into EU parliament to earn hefty wage - very often as a reward for outrageous behavior, there are multiple examples of this, influencer from Cyprus, that polish MP who got expelled from Poland's parliament for outrageous behavior - surprise surprise - he got comfy EP seat. Absolutely disgusting.

account421y ago

I find a better action than not voting is to vote for the smallest most extremist fracton you can find even if you don't agree with most of their policies. Low voter turnout doesn't make headlines, the "bad" parties gaining traction does.

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prmoustache1y ago

> This, to me, means pretty much that "voters don't care".

This is simplistic. Some have simply lost confidence in their representatives and/or cannot find a decent candidate.

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fabianholzer1y ago

> How many people did actually bother to vote in Germany?

64.78%, or over 40 million in absolute terms.

pxtail1y ago

> How many people did actually bother to vote in Germany?

account421y ago

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