[Foundation-l] 2011 elections - low turnout

[Gerard Meijssen]

Hoi,
I could not disagree more.
Thanks,
     GerardM

On 21 March 2011 15:21, brock.weller at gmail.com <brock.weller at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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