January 4th, 2003, 10:50 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Re: OT: New Brazilian President
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This is because people realize their vote doesn't make any difference.
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Sometimes, it does. Especially if you look beyond the national level elections.
A few years ago, we had a referendum to radically change our county's home rule charter (basically the county constitution). It passed by a razor-thin margin; I forget the exact percentages, but it came out to an average difference of less than one vote per ward.
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