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Though competent and tough, Rousseff faces voter fatigue after 12 years of PT rule, which many will remember, perhaps unfairly, for corruption scandals and the national team’s 7-1 drubbing by Germany in this year’s World Cup.
Though voter turnout was relatively low, owing largely to the somewhat technical nature of the issues, the election’s message was clear: most Japanese abhor the prospect of a return to the grim economic trajectory that prevailed in Japan before “Abenomics.”
In the case of Bavaria, voter participation rose to 72.4% this election cycle, up from 63.6% five years ago.
Voter initiatives in several cities have also resulted in significant increases in the minimum wage and other worker benefits.
Indeed, the presidential election degenerated into a crude exercise in ballot rigging and voter intimidation.
Voter reaction is often less about disliking immigrants than it is about a profound sense of frustration that governments have failed to create an immigration system that works.
But voter turnout in the latest presidential election (80% in the first round, and 81% in the second round) leaves no doubt: our current system is strong, and we French are attached to it.
Energized by broad voter dissatisfaction, particularly in struggling economies, these political movements tend to focus on a small handful of issues, opposing, say, immigrants, austerity, or the European Union – essentially whomever they can scapegoat for their countries’ troubles.
What they can do is tackle another fundamental problem: low voter turnout.
Because the next US president will have the opportunity to appoint at least one Supreme Court justice (and potentially up to four), a vote for Clinton may well be a vote for overturning a decision that has contributed to voter disillusionment.
Some countries have found a way to boost voter participation.
Australia, for example, has made voting mandatory, with a small fine for noncompliance; as a result, it achieves 94% voter turnout, on average, compared to 57% in the 2012 US presidential election.
Voter turnout in the 2002 election was only around 40%, of which around half went to the Republicans, or around 20% of eligible voters.
In fact, even as the European Parliament has gained more authority, voter turnout in European elections has steadily decreased since 1979, reaching a low of 42.5% in 2014.
If, reflecting the mood in the member states, the elections result in a fragmented Parliament – possibly rendered less representative by low voter turnout – paralysis, disaffection, and ineffectiveness are guaranteed.
Although many democracies are plagued by serious maladies – such as electoral gerrymandering, voter suppression, fraud and corruption, violations of the rule of law, and threats to judicial independence and press freedom – there is little agreement about which solutions should be pursued.
Governments and citizens thus have a rich set of options – such as diversity quotas, automatic voter registration, and online referenda – for addressing democratic deficiencies.
Distrust of political parties and disappointment in their ability to govern is widespread, as evidenced by low voter turnout in the recent elections.
This strategy’s success indicates one way that gender can play a role in voter decision-making.
Voter data going back 50 years suggests that women, more than men, are moved by the anxiety of changing circumstances and external threats.
Can an Argentine president promote disinflation and retain voter support during a period of slower growth, or even recession?
Given voter turnout of 70%, this meant that the leave campaign won with only 36% of eligible voters backing it.
The second familiar feature of the latest election was high voter turnout – about 73% – which has been a hallmark of elections involving popular reform-minded candidates.
In an age of generalized distrust of politicians, when a voter identifies with a candidate, that is something to celebrate.
A woman voter may be more likely to identify with a woman candidate.
This year’s general election superimposed on this a more traditional left-right split, with a resurgent Labour Party capitalizing on voter discontent with Conservative budget cuts.
In the UK, for every “Leave” voter under the age of 24, there were three over the age of 65.
The biggest factor in this stunning upset was voter anger at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Such behavior can hardly be expected from a government that, beholden to the median German voter, plays it safe.
After all, the wise, the moderate, and the floating voter do not switch on the radio to listen to archconservatives like the American broadcaster Rush Limbaugh.
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