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How bummed are the “Vote No” guys gonna be when the contract passed due to poor turnout.
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<blockquote data-quote="Sum Gai" data-source="post: 3767175" data-attributes="member: 74525"><p>If you wanted the contract to pass wouldn't the optimal strategy be to not vote at all? If 100% of the votes were no but only 40% turned out none of those votes matter. Voting yes can actually backfire if those votes would send it over the minimum amount of turnout before no votes start mattering (If there was 60% turnout and 70% voted no, if all those who wanted it to pass had not voted at all the contract would pass instead of being rejected). </p><p></p><p>Since low turnout is common in democratic politics (Two places that have the highest % of voter turnout in the world is Australia where it is compulsory and Vietnam which is a one party state) I'm not surprised. I'm also sure why someone thought a rule like that was a good idea.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sum Gai, post: 3767175, member: 74525"] If you wanted the contract to pass wouldn't the optimal strategy be to not vote at all? If 100% of the votes were no but only 40% turned out none of those votes matter. Voting yes can actually backfire if those votes would send it over the minimum amount of turnout before no votes start mattering (If there was 60% turnout and 70% voted no, if all those who wanted it to pass had not voted at all the contract would pass instead of being rejected). Since low turnout is common in democratic politics (Two places that have the highest % of voter turnout in the world is Australia where it is compulsory and Vietnam which is a one party state) I'm not surprised. I'm also sure why someone thought a rule like that was a good idea. [/QUOTE]
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