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I've read that when it comes to votes on specific propositions (Initiatives) the average voter tends to be more cautious. Therefore we tend to give into the pro
by woodpanel 16y ago
I've read that when it comes to votes on specific propositions (Initiatives) the average voter tends to be more cautious. Therefore we tend to give into the prohibitionists and fear of allowing something, even if most of us would consider themselves non-conservative.
Examples:
- California says NO to prop-19
- Switzerland http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minaret_controversy_in_Switzerland http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minaret_controversy_in_Switzerl...
- Hamburg says NO to modernize public school system
- Netherlands + France say no to european constitution
- Initiatives to combine administrative entities (e.g. federal states) mostly fail
- If a referendum about the euro was hold in Germany in 1999, there wouldn't be no euro today
- varjag 16y ago> Netherlands + France say no to european constitution Why is that a bad thing? The constitution would be a major setback for democratic process in EU, where the actual governance is already too far removed from voter.
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- woodpanel 16y agoI'm not saying that voting it down was wrong. The same would have happened if we germans hat a chance to vote on that. But it proves the point isn't it?
- varjag 16y agoWell yes, it's just that it was on the list with other items supposedly illustrating a backwards/un-liberal voting pattern. But sure, your point was clear.
- woodpanel 16y agoWell that's actually true. But i guess that voting the pattern was not intended to be "people voting down good things" but "people voting to prohibit changes"
- notahacker 16y agoConservative is probably the better way to characterise referendum results, because conservatives are generally better at mobilising themselves to vote.