Voter Turnout

[hjr]

13,484,260 of 22,295,670 registered electors: 60.5%

Good work canadians on being not being lazy ignorant apathetic americans with a 50% reg. voter turnout. (they dont have automatic registration like here, so many folks dont even get counted. the real number could be as low as 40%).

Big up to us.

[403Gemini]

Originally posted by hjr
13,484,260 of 22,295,670 registered electors: 60.5%

Good work canadians on being not being lazy ignorant apathetic americans with a 50% reg. voter turnout. (they dont have automatic registration like here, so many folks dont even get counted. the real number could be as low as 40%).

Big up to us.

thats extremely impressive! wow

[RiCE-DaDDy]

what bout numbers for individual demographics?

[accordboi_02]

Well I guess that's better than the US, but according to this story, that's the lowest voter turnout since Confederation:

http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2004/06/29.../turnout040629

[Weapon_R]

What's so impressive? That's the lowest turnout in history.

[QuasarCav]

Originally posted by RiCE-DaDDy
what bout numbers for individual demographics?

usually really high for 55+ and lower for 18-29.

Pretty impressive this year though.

[Toms-Celica]

Thats down 4% from last election

[bart]

ahah thats nothing. for this years EU elections, the lowest country turnout was 18%, with poland in second place with 21% or something like that, ahah. mainly because all the people in government are thieves, so people dont want to vote for anyone, because they all suck.

[T5_X]

Why would'nt you vote? There's always a lesser of 2 evils.
I really like the australian election process.

[Weapon_R]

Originally posted by bart
ahah thats nothing. for this years EU elections, the lowest country turnout was 18%, with poland in second place with 21% or something like that, ahah. mainly because all the people in government are thieves, so people dont want to vote for anyone, because they all suck.

That's not true. Any vote with under 50% turnout in several EU countries, including Poland, would render the vote invalid.

[Khyron]

Personally I'd rather the people that are not informed stay home and not vote rather than play the eenie meanie minee moe game and pick the person with the coolest sounding name or prettiest party colors or something. Which is the main argument against enforced voting.

Khyron

[403Gemini]

Originally posted by Khyron
Personally I'd rather the people that are not informed stay home and not vote rather than play the eenie meanie minee moe game and pick the person with the coolest sounding name or prettiest party colors or something. Which is the main argument against enforced voting.

Khyron

i voted magnus for mayor cause he sounded the coolest ahh to be 18 again lol

[hjr]

i was compairing it to the US. i didnt realize that ours had actually gone down. I feel ashamed for not doing all my research. Ill take it as a lesson and move on.

[bart]

Originally posted by Weapon_R


That's not true. Any vote with under 50% turnout in several EU countries, including Poland, would render the vote invalid.

here ya go: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3804803.stm

[Idratherbsidewayz]

Originally posted by Weapon_R


That's not true. Any vote with under 50% turnout in several EU countries, including Poland, would render the vote invalid.

This is untrue. Everything worked in Poland just fine with 20%...

There's one country in Europe that fines you if you don't vote. I think its Holland, but thats a brilliant idea. Forced democracy, then everyone can bitch and have a right to do it. It is encroaching slightly on your freedom but in the end it is to your advantage...

[Weapon_R]

Originally posted by Idratherbsidewayz


This is untrue. Everything worked in Poland just fine with 20%...

There's one country in Europe that fines you if you don't vote. I think its Holland, but thats a brilliant idea. Forced democracy, then everyone can bitch and have a right to do it. It is encroaching slightly on your freedom but in the end it is to your advantage...

You're right - I read a link concerning presidential elections in Poland, which are slightly different. I don't know how credible my source was, however.

Forced democracy is still a terrible idea, however. Why force people who don't care to pick and choose a name and elect a candidate based on non-existant values or research.

[Idratherbsidewayz]

Originally posted by Weapon_R


You're right - I read a link concerning presidential elections in Poland, which are slightly different. I don't know how credible my source was, however.

Forced democracy is still a terrible idea, however. Why force people who don't care to pick and choose a name and elect a candidate based on non-existant values or research.

Well you could have the party's values on the ballot. All people are bound to hear something they like about one party, and choose that one. Just because they are lazy or think that their vote doesn't count they don't go vote. So if they were forced to vote, they would choose what party they want based on limited (but still there) research. Research could be listening to the radio or watching TV. 100% voter turnout would be amazing, would make the country a way better place and actually fulfill the meaning of a democracy.

[huss]

thats what i did....dont no nuthin...stay home, dont vote...specially cuz this election doesnt really effect me much. Next election thouhg i wiolll re-think it