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This approach to economic policy is classic populism: Promise voters impossible things, particularly when the negative fallout from the promises becomes apparent only well down the road.
Blair’s EU disasterWhen voters in France and the Netherlands turned down the proposal for a Constitution for the European Union, the world knew that the European project was in deep trouble.
French and Dutch voters did not say why they voted against the planned Constitution.
In particular, voters were afraid that their jobs would be lost to hordes of Eastern immigrants, exemplified in the image widely quoted at the time, of the low-cost Polish plumber.
The problem is that economic and social reform are purely national responsibilities, and do not lie within the competence of the Union; if there is to be economic and social reform in France and Germany, that is a matter exclusively for French and German voters and politicians.
In 1991, Swedish voters broke the reign of the Social Democrats, electing a coalition government under conservative Prime Minister Carl Bildt, who called his program “the only way.”
Although roughly 85% of Brazil’s 147 million voters agree that the country is heading in the wrong direction, they are more polarized than ever, both online and offline.
Perhaps more important, they have proved more salient targets of voters’ fear and resentment.
Parties’ programs changed with the public opinion polls, and their economic proposals were either too complicated or too muddled for voters to grasp.
For example, the EU could stipulate that it will sanction an independence referendum if the regional government requesting it has already won an election on such a platform with an absolute majority of the voters.
Republican leaders were desperate to get Kavanaugh confirmed before the midterms, lest their voters stay home out of disappointment and even anger if he wasn’t confirmed – in which case their worst nightmare, a Democratic takeover of the Senate as well as the House of Representatives, could come true.
Ukraine’s Vote, Russia’s FateSTOCKHOLM – When Ukraine’s voters go to the polls on October 26, not only the fate of their country will be at stake; so will the future of a significant part of Europe.
Did he wish to impress voters back home with a starring role on a world stage?
That debate is the result of the rejection of the draft treaty by French and Dutch voters in 2005.
Luxembourg’s voters, for example, approved it by a 56.5% majority immediately after the Dutch and French no votes.
A democracy demands only that the people select their leaders; it is up to voters to judge candidates’ merits.
But none of this was persuasive enough for Indiana primary voters, who backed his rival, State Treasurer Richard Mourdock, by an astonishing 20-point margin.
For example, many have pointed out that Theresa May, the Conservative prime minister, campaigned poorly, and that pollsters’ models underestimated turnout by younger voters.
But, as Smith’s theory shows, May’s decision to hold an early election tipped her hand to voters, who probably suspected that she was exploiting her informational advantage to reinforce her own political position.
Yet state and local governments are still trusted by most voters, and they have the power under the Tenth Amendment of the US Constitution to strengthen democratic institutions.
Gerrymandering, whereby state legislators redraw congressional districts to favor their own party, allows politicians to choose voters, rather than the other way around.
And in 24 states, voters can propose ballot initiatives to change districting rules and limit the impact of gerrymandering.
Voters in California and Arizona have already done so, and similar measures will likely be on the ballot in other states in 2018 or 2020.
But even with independently drawn districts, elections in many parts of the country will not be competitive, because voters from the same party often live in close proximity.
To address this, the political scientists T. Anthony Quinn and R. Michael Alvarez recommend reforming the primary process to “give voters more choices, which in turn can stimulate increased voter turnout.”
By opening up party primaries to more candidates, or by using ranked-choice voting (RCV) – which allows voters to list as many candidates as they want, in order of preference – we can ensure that elected officials represent the full spectrum of voters.
There is physics; there is law; there are courts; there are procedures; and there are voters, only 36% of whom approve of Trump’s job performance.
He will pump up a few voters in West Virginia and receive praise from Koch Industries.
And American voters, by a wide margin, favor a shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy.
Even with America’s corrupt politics, the voters’ views still matter.
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