[Foundation-l] 2011 elections - low turnout

Mon Mar 21 14:21:32 UTC 2011

It's a chicken and egg thing. The elections arent important so they dont
know about the candidates and they dont know about the candidates because
the elections not important.
-Brock

On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 4:33 AM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com>wrote:

> On 21 March 2011 09:49, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:
> > Even in US elections the turnout is much lower for the mid-terms.  It's
> > relatively easy to decide on a presidential candidate, but the degree of
> > being informed drops significantly for offices further down the
> > political food chain.
>
> I would have thought turnout was lower because people think they
> aren't as important as the presidential elections, rather than because
> they don't know which way to vote.
>
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