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You don't pay attention to many elections do you? 60/40 is a blowout for the popular vote, and 60% turnout is large. Also, 60 is 50% more than 40.
by afterburner 11y ago
You don't pay attention to many elections do you? 60/40 is a blowout for the popular vote, and 60% turnout is large.
Also, 60 is 50% more than 40.
- drzaiusapelord 11y agoElections and referendums are very different things. Popular referendums often go way very high towards one side. 60/40 in that context just isn't impressive and there are many, many Greeks who see the current leadership as reckless and dangerous.
- afterburner 11y agoThe popular vote of an election is exactly the same metric as a referendum. They can be compared directly. There have been many extremely close but critical referendums: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Maastricht_Treaty_referendum,_1992 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Maastricht_Treaty_refer... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_Maastricht_Treaty_referendum,_1992 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_Maastricht_Treaty_refer... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_referendum,_1995 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_referendum,_1995 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_referendum,_1980 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_referendum,_1980 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_European_Union_membership_referendum,_1994 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_European_Union_members... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_European_Union_membership_referendum,_1994 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_European_Union_membe... 60% is decisive, and a clear mandate.