Archive for April 13th, 2008

  • Apr
    13
    2008

    Turnout down from 2006: cui bono?

    Repubblica.it reports that turnout at 19.00 is down 3.5 points from 2006, from 52.2% to 48.7%. If turnout is lower than it was two years ago, who benefits?
    The ‘common wisdom‘ in political science is that higher turnout benefits centre-left parties. But Italy may defy the common wisdom – two years ago, Berlusconi presaged that he [...]

 
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