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[Marxism] Re: Low voter turnout ... and proportional voting



Brian Shannon wrote:

It would be interesting to see a comparison between the U.K. and U.S.
systems and those states that use proportional voting.
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An organization called the International Institute for Democracy and
Electoral Assistance compiles voter turnout statistics and observes that
"Plurality-Majority and Semi-PR systems only average 59-60% while straight
PR systems average 68% turnout. This suggests that electoral system choice
may have some impact upon overall turnout rates."

Details on http://www.idea.int/vt/survey/voter_turnout8.cfm

MG



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