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The split of people voting for a party vs voting against the other party has flipped from 46/43 to 20/64 since the late 1990s.

Posted by spamlet, spreading happiness and joy where he goes (aka spamlet) Apr 5 '16, 08:26

It was in a presentation I was in this morning and I think encapsulates a lot of what's wrong with politics today.

3 times as many people vote their fear about what the other party will do rather than vote for the hope of what their party will do.

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I kinda don't how to separate the two, for me personally. - ty97 Apr 5, 08:27 5
- I'm guessing that's the other 15%? I'm not sure. -- nm - spamlet, spreading happiness and joy where he goes Apr 5, 08:35
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  - Along the lines of "Party X will ruin this country", I'd guess. -- nm* - znufrii Apr 5, 08:30 2
    - Right. If your primary motivation is to vote against something, it's essentially a fearful response of what would happen if. -- nm - spamlet, spreading happiness and joy where he goes Apr 5, 08:34 1
      - Which is fine if that fear is well-grounded, IMO. -- nm - Roger More Apr 5, 08:45
Interesting. Any chance you have a breakdown by party on those stats? -- nm - znufrii Apr 5, 08:27 1
- He didn't break that particular number down by party. - spamlet, spreading happiness and joy where he goes Apr 5, 08:30

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The split of people voting for a party vs voting against the other party has flipped from 46/43 to 20/64 since the late 1990s.

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