Submitted by Evan Ravitz on October 12, 2008 - 3:54pm.
35-45% is decent to good turnout in the U.S., except for Presidential elections. But, if they do it 4 times a year, people really vote 4 times as much as Americans.
It seems to me that the Swiss Parliament does so much better a job than the U.S. Congress that the Swiss are a bit blasé about politics.Part of the reason they usually do what the people want is that if they don't, the people can do it themselves, and render Parliament irrelevant.
There are lots of reasons for the old Gallagher joke "If pro is the opposite of con, what is Congress?"
This statistic is misleading
35-45% is decent to good turnout in the U.S., except for Presidential elections. But, if they do it 4 times a year, people really vote 4 times as much as Americans.
It seems to me that the Swiss Parliament does so much better a job than the U.S. Congress that the Swiss are a bit blasé about politics.Part of the reason they usually do what the people want is that if they don't, the people can do it themselves, and render Parliament irrelevant.
There are lots of reasons for the old Gallagher joke "If pro is the opposite of con, what is Congress?"