Re: Local and Euro elections : Wed May 28, 2014 7:05 pm
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DHM wrote: So you can force people to wear a seatbelt in a car or a crash helmet on a motorbike but you can't compel people to engage in the single most important decisions we make about the country we live in? Look at the voting pattern on page 10, it's pretty straighforward, the older you are the more likely you are to vote and the more well off you are the more likely to vote. The turnout amongst 18-24 year olds is truly pathetic, when I first got the vote I was proud to cast it. If I can find this out in 30 seconds and political strategists paid huge salaries are employed by all the main parties it's no surprise that policies that benefit or attract the votes of people who actually get of their bums and vote are prioritised. http://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/imag ... 93b87a.pdf t wouldn't be the most important decision that we make as a country if 40% are only doing it to avoid a fine. It would be an important decision for the 60%, only for that decision to be undermined by the 40% voting for the latest incarnation of Screaming Lord Such |
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DHM wrote: So you can force people to wear a seatbelt in a car or a crash helmet on a motorbike but you can't compel people to engage in the single most important decisions we make about the country we live in? Look at the voting pattern on page 10, it's pretty straighforward, the older you are the more likely you are to vote and the more well off you are the more likely to vote. The turnout amongst 18-24 year olds is truly pathetic, when I first got the vote I was proud to cast it. If I can find this out in 30 seconds and political strategists paid huge salaries are employed by all the main parties it's no surprise that policies that benefit or attract the votes of people who actually get of their bums and vote are prioritised. http://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/imag ... 93b87a.pdf t wouldn't be the most important decision that we make as a country if 40% are only doing it to avoid a fine. It would be an important decision for the 60%, only for that decision to be undermined by the 40% voting for the latest incarnation of Screaming Lord Such |
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