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
