Who's Afraid of Golput?
The number of non-voters or golput are expected to increase in the second round of the presidential election. Is there reason to be concerned?
July 20, 2004
As of last Saturday, a total of 105 million votes had been counted in the first round of the presidential election. From day to day, the additional votes are coming in very slow, and the most optimistic estimate is that by the time counting finishes on July 26, only another 10 million will have been added to the total. If these votes are shared evenly among the five candidate pairs, it is probable that none of them will garner an overall maj
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