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A "reflection of the majority in India" assumes that everyone in India votes or can vote which I find to be extremely unlikely given most of the population live

A "reflection of the majority in India" assumes that everyone in India votes or can vote which I find to be extremely unlikely given most of the population live in rural areas and are uneducated.

sp332 5y ago
The voting process in India has excellent coverage of rural areas.
- blocked_again 5y ago
  Yeah. Vox made a very good video about it during the last elections. https://youtube.com/watch?v=RWldvqO4AIY https://youtube.com/watch?v=RWldvqO4AIY
blocked_again 5y ago
India's literacy rate is around 70%. So the majority is not uneducated. The voter turnout for 2019 Indian election was 67% compared to 66.7% of 2020 US election. So your rural areas and uneducated theory leads to less votes doesn't hold much essence :)
- 2Gkashmiri 5y ago
  funny. do you know the criteria for being called a literate in india? http://gojiberries.io/2006/07/03/literacy-in-india-can-india-spell-success/ http://gojiberries.io/2006/07/03/literacy-in-india-can-india... sorry if the source is old, i couldnt find a fresh one. the argument still holds, india is counting being a "literate" as someone who can write his/her name or read passages from 2nd grade. if that is what is passing as being literate then yeah, india is a literate country. if not then don't trust these figures
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  - sremani 5y ago
    who gives a flying fuck about credentials - the 'Chai walla' will run circles on 80% of HN crowd with his street smarts.
    - 2Gkashmiri 5y ago
      careful. HN might be forced to disclose your "metadata" for trying to tarnish the image of the supreme jumla minister
MisterSandman 5y ago
A much larger population of Indians are educated than you might think, and India has higher voter turnout than the US does.
- random314 5y ago
  Not if you look at literacy rates.
sandworm101 5y ago
They vote. All 1.4 billion of them. Right down to the smallest and poorest villages. It fields a vast array of parties and political ideologies. India well deserves its title as "the world's greatest democracy".
triceratops 5y ago
Indian election rules state "no voter should have to travel more than 1.24 miles to vote."[1] It's irrelevant that most of the population is rural. They can all vote. 1. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/election-workers-in-india-traveled-300-miles-over-4-days-to-set-up-a-polling-booth--for-one-voter/2019/04/17/44b4eb46-5bb1-11e9-98d4-844088d135f2_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/election-w...

A "reflection of the majority in India" assumes that everyone in India votes or can vote which I find to be extremely unlikely given most of the population live in rural areas and are uneducated.

sp332 5y ago

The voting process in India has excellent coverage of rural areas.

blocked_again 5y ago
Yeah. Vox made a very good video about it during the last elections. https://youtube.com/watch?v=RWldvqO4AIY https://youtube.com/watch?v=RWldvqO4AIY

blocked_again 5y ago

India's literacy rate is around 70%. So the majority is not uneducated. The voter turnout for 2019 Indian election was 67% compared to 66.7% of 2020 US election. So your rural areas and uneducated theory leads to less votes doesn't hold much essence :)

2Gkashmiri 5y ago
funny. do you know the criteria for being called a literate in india? http://gojiberries.io/2006/07/03/literacy-in-india-can-india-spell-success/ http://gojiberries.io/2006/07/03/literacy-in-india-can-india... sorry if the source is old, i couldnt find a fresh one. the argument still holds, india is counting being a "literate" as someone who can write his/her name or read passages from 2nd grade. if that is what is passing as being literate then yeah, india is a literate country. if not then don't trust these figures
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- sremani 5y ago
  who gives a flying fuck about credentials - the 'Chai walla' will run circles on 80% of HN crowd with his street smarts.
  - 2Gkashmiri 5y ago
    careful. HN might be forced to disclose your "metadata" for trying to tarnish the image of the supreme jumla minister

MisterSandman 5y ago

A much larger population of Indians are educated than you might think, and India has higher voter turnout than the US does.

random314 5y ago
Not if you look at literacy rates.

sandworm101 5y ago

They vote. All 1.4 billion of them. Right down to the smallest and poorest villages. It fields a vast array of parties and political ideologies. India well deserves its title as "the world's greatest democracy".

triceratops 5y ago

Indian election rules state "no voter should have to travel more than 1.24 miles to vote."[1] It's irrelevant that most of the population is rural. They can all vote. 1. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/election-workers-in-india-traveled-300-miles-over-4-days-to-set-up-a-polling-booth--for-one-voter/2019/04/17/44b4eb46-5bb1-11e9-98d4-844088d135f2_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/election-w...