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Do you think my comment implied otherwise? Your comment, however, dismissed that low voter turnout was sad at all, because they could have voted. And here you
by SomeStupidPoint 10y ago
Do you think my comment implied otherwise?
Your comment, however, dismissed that low voter turnout was sad at all, because they could have voted. And here you are saying the opposite -- that you understand it can be sad.
- beaconstudios 10y agoI was reacting differently to your sentiment (that low turnout is generally bad) and to the OP's (that the brexit vote was a "sad day for democracy" because their side lost and younger voters didn't bother to turn out). I think that broadly, low voter turnout is bad for representation, but that if people can't be bothered to represent their side then it's not a collapse of democracy when the other side does in fact turn up to vote. In other words, bemoaning the result of a democratic referendum as a sad day for democracy, and attributing it to your side not showing up on the day, makes no sense and plays into a long-running theme that when the left wins it's a success for democracy and when the right wins it's a failure of democracy.