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I'm also all for democracy. And the Spanish government has handled the situation atrociously. But the referendum is a joke. Both the way it was called, and how
by nextos 9y ago
I'm also all for democracy. And the Spanish government has handled the situation atrociously.
But the referendum is a joke. Both the way it was called, and how it has been conducted.
Furthermore, the result is impossible to believe given previous results in open elections.
A sad day for Spain and Catalonia.
- toyg 9y agoBut this would have been the case even without the crackdown. After this unilateral act of repression, it becomes a total propaganda victory for indipendentists. It was a stupid approach from a very weak government.
- gonvaled 9y agoIt's not a joke: it's the best you could get given the constraints.
- tomjakubowski 9y ago> Furthermore, the result is impossible to believe given previous results in open elections. A natural or man-made disaster during a vote filters out the less "passionate" portion of the electorate; if you don't care that much about an election's outcome, a thunderstorm or the threat of riot police cracking open your skull would probably convince you to stay home rather than visit your polling place. I would imagine the bulk of the "passion" on this topic would reside with the separatists, so it stands to reason the police action ironically resulted in suppressing the "remain" vote.
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- JCzynski 9y agoIt had 90% in favor instead of 80% like the previous one, and got modestly more votes than the separatist parties received in the last regional election. The result is eminently believable.