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Donald Ian Rankin

(13,598 posts)

16. Democracy is not the same thing as voter turnout.

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Tue May 26, 2015, 04:36 AM

May 2015

In a society where most of the voters would be reasonably happy with any of the likely outcomes of an election, turnout may well be low, but that doesn't mean democracy is broken.

If anything, very *high* voter turnout may sometimes be a sign of a crisis, if it's caused by a party a lot of the voters hate getting significant support.

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Democracy: Do we REALLY want it? [View all] MineralMan May 2015 OP

Oh, well...It seemed like a good question. MineralMan May 2015 #1

I'd Agree... We Need Teach-Ins... TPTB Count On Low Voter Turn-Out, And... WillyT May 2015 #2

It should be easier, but we're still not doing it. MineralMan May 2015 #3

I have a bad feeling that if they all voted treestar May 2015 #4

Do you? MineralMan May 2015 #6

Well maybe not treestar May 2015 #12

Read post 7, because it is more complicated than just that nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #13

I'm not really sure how to up voter participation. GGJohn May 2015 #5

I'm not sure either. MineralMan May 2015 #8

I suspect that those that would be opposed would be Republicans, GGJohn May 2015 #9

I think you might be surprised, if people actually MineralMan May 2015 #10

Not me. GGJohn May 2015 #11

Nope, we don't nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #7

I sometimes think about Jamaal510 May 2015 #14

Because most Americans... sendero May 2015 #15

Democracy is not the same thing as voter turnout. Donald Ian Rankin May 2015 #16

If we had 75% voter turnout, we'd still have most candidates purchased by Moneyed Interests, & RiverLover May 2015 #17

I say "who's 'we'"? nt Bonobo May 2015 #18