Hoi, I could not disagree more. Thanks, GerardM On 21 March 2011 15:21, brock.wel...@gmail.com <brock.wel...@gmail.com>wrote:
> It's a chicken and egg thing. The elections arent important so they dont > know about the candidates and they dont know about the candidates because > the elections not important. > -Brock > > > On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 4:33 AM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dal...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > On 21 March 2011 09:49, Ray Saintonge <sainto...@telus.net> wrote: > > > Even in US elections the turnout is much lower for the mid-terms. It's > > > relatively easy to decide on a presidential candidate, but the degree > of > > > being informed drops significantly for offices further down the > > > political food chain. > > > > I would have thought turnout was lower because people think they > > aren't as important as the presidential elections, rather than because > > they don't know which way to vote. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > foundation-l mailing list > > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l