Use for questions related to the percentage or number of eligible voters who participate in an election or other democratic process.
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Are people more likely to vote in swing states?
I wonder how many people vote based on the chance it has to influence the outcome vs other reasons, and this seems like a good way to gather some information about this.
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What was the lowest recorded turnout in a major democratic election?
In the latest EU parliament elections only 13% of voters in Slovakia showed up to vote. This raised the question - which major democratic election had the lowest turnout in history?
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Democratic means the country in question was a…
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Notable examples of politics hurting the apolitical
I'm looking for stories that illustrate how politics gets done to us even if we choose not to "do" politics.
Are there real life stories of persons claiming to be apolitical and then having politics "done" to them (ie something wth clearly political…
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