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It doesn't matter that they can circumvent it. The fact that the Spanish government has taken such drastic actions means that the result of the vote will be com
by marcoperaza 9y ago
It doesn't matter that they can circumvent it. The fact that the Spanish government has taken such drastic actions means that the result of the vote will be completely meaningless and illegitimate. Opponents of the referendum who agree with the Spanish government will not participate.
- farresito 9y agoThe reason referendums don't have a minimum of votes is precisely to avoid boicots like the one that the opposition is trying to do, so if they don't want to vote it's up to them, but that doesn't make the referendum any less valid.
- jknz 9y agoIf the referendum unlawful, then some people will not go to vote, simply because they usually avoid breaking the law. The result would be valid (from a probabilistic point of view) if "going to vote" was independent of "voting yes". But if the there is any correlation between "going to vote" and "voting yes" then the result of the referendum will be significantly different than the result of a referendum where any individual was forced to vote. Here there might be a correlation: people in favor or independence or more likely to go voting than others. A similar phenomenon may have happened in the us. If there is a correlation between "lying to polls" and "voting for candidate A" then the poll predictions can become very wrong.