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50% turnout last time around.

• mrtksn 3y ago
  Not very different from any election in the developed world.
  • Scarjit 3y ago
    It depends, in Germany we enjoy a quite high turnout of ~70-80% for federal elections (https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/2274/umfrage/entwicklung-der-wahlbeteiligung-bei-bundestagswahlen-seit-1949/ https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/2274/umfrage/...) [The site is in German, but should be fairly easy to read]. While for European elections it is usually 40-50% with huge differences by country (https://results.elections.europa.eu/en/turnout/ https://results.elections.europa.eu/en/turnout/)
    • mrtksn 3y ago
      Then you should vote more on the EU election I guess.
      • flir 3y ago
        Why do you think they don't?
  • sebnun 3y ago
    It has been historically low in Sweden. Last time 55% voted in the EU election while 82% voted in the Swedish election.
    • mrtksn 3y ago
      The more local the more people care but half of the population voting is not really drastically different than 2/3 of the population voting. It would be better if more people voted though.
      • ApolloFortyNine 3y ago
        This assumes that the ones who decide to vote in the EU election are a random sample of the ones that vote in the national elections, which is almost definitely not true. One of the parties is likely being over/under represented at the EU election.
        • mrtksn 3y ago
          It only means that underrepresented should do better in convincing people to vote.
          • ApolloFortyNine 3y ago
            You said: >The more local the more people care but half of the population voting is not really drastically different than 2/3 of the population voting. And I was simply pointing out how the result is different. I thought you were referencing that it was a random sample. Though apparently you just decided it's the same even though you knew it wasn't a random sample.