Eliminating CV Increased Voter Inequality JMR
Rogers, Ben. Turnout is really about class The Guardian, May 2005.
In addition to Australia and many South American countries, there are six European countries with compulsory voting. It tends to increase participation at the ballot box by 10-15% and narrow the gap between the rates at which rich and poor vote. Before the Netherlands abolished compulsory voting in 1970 there was only a 4% difference between the voting levels of the top and bottom classes. After abolition the difference jumped to
21%.
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