• kattfisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    9 days ago

    In the USA voter turnout is 50-60%, and the winning party often gets less than half the votes. So actual support for the ruling party is often less than 25%. And that’s without counting the millions who aren’t allowed to vote.

    Yet that doesn’t seem to lessen the power of the government.

    • TimeChild@sh.itjust.works
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      9 days ago

      Agreed. People still essentially consent to a form of ‘minority rule’. If more people viewed it through the lens of 25% support, might get greater participation.