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52% of the vote on 75% turnout is fantastic. When's the last time an American president was voted in on such a mandate?
by linkregister 10y ago
52% of the vote on 75% turnout is fantastic. When's the last time an American president was voted in on such a mandate?
- akiselev 10y agoThe United States doesn't have compulsory voting like Turkey does. Australia, another country with compulsory voting (although much better enforced), regularly sees elections with over 90-95% turnout. That is a real democratic mandate.
- linkregister 10y agoThanks for the information; I was unaware that Turkey has compulsory voting. Is there a credible opposition party to AKP, or a smattering of smaller parties?
- akiselev 10y agoThere is a long list of opposition parties in Turkey but few of them have any power [1]. The main opposition party with about a quarter of MPs (vast majority representing urban districts) is the Republican People's Party, which was the first political party in Turkey post WWI as well as the one led by Ataturk during his secular revolution. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Turkey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_T...