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Re: The 2010 General Election Thread: Week 3
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Originally Posted by Xaccers
I don't think electoral reform will do it, look at the European elections, they were PR weren't they? Yet the turn out was only 34% compared with 59% (2001) and 61% (2005)
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I think that is more of a reflection of the fact that people can't be bothered with Europe. Voter turnout for European elections tends to be lower than for General elections in countries that have PR for General elections as well.
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