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There are 2 explanations as to why there was such a low turn out. The first is all about the low number of active players. Based on what I've seen recently, not just in elections, but generally, is that only half, if not less of all UK players are active - the other half or so are completely inactive. The UK population is about 55. Which means, in reality, only 27-30 players are active at any one time - very similar number as the number of people who voted, which also means the only active players are eligible voters and the only eligible voters that are active are the ones who voted (or there abouts). This means the electorate won't grow and the turn out won't grow. So one cause is the fundamental issue surrounding our low population and the inactivity of our population - an issue I am try to tackle as Minister of Home Affairs, through the Community Cohesion Scheme.
I believe the other cause of low election turnout is the perceived pointlessness of voting when there are less than 20 candidates. People don't see the point in voting if all of the candidates are going to be elected. I believe this perception is wrong because, for me, the individual votes matters anyway. I was so excited in this election to see which candidate would come out on top (and was so shocked and thankful that it was me) and so excited to see which party prevailed over the others and was most popular with the public (us here at the TPP, by a landslide). But if eligible voters don't see the point in voting because everyone will get to congress anyway, so their vote won't change anything (even though it changes the overall standings votewise of candidates and parties) then they won't vote and you end up with a low turnout.
So now we know some the biggest reasons behind the low turnout, how do we tackle it. Well, we have to start by challenging the issue of low population and player inactivity - something I do actively as Minister of Home Affairs and I am currently working on a report on that very issue so that, as a community, we can tackle it more in future. I am also working on improving our community through The Community Cohesion Scheme to keep the few people we actually have, active. But it's something that as a society we need to do our best to combat so that our population can grow again and remains active. We also have to tackle the fundamental issues concerning the lack of candidates, both to improve the number of people standing for election and dispelling the false ideas people have about votes not mattering where there are too few candidates - something that I intend on championing in my writing for this newspaper in the next month before the next election.
But let us not be fooled - the solution is double track.
We cannot focus on fixing the cause and issue that we think is the easiest and most simple and hope the more complex, more fundamental and more difficult problem sorts itself out. We cannot change things by burying our heads in the sand. If we want to change this, we have to tackle both problems head on, because it's only by fixing both issues individually, but through an integrated and dual-strategy policy that aims to tackle both issues together - so as to avoid neglecting one issue and fixes them at the same pace, taking both issues in to deep consideration at the same pace - that we can increase turnout in, not just elections, but in battles and auctions too.
By
aidanj99
The People's Party Voice Editor
UK Minister of Home Affairs
Congressman
The People's Party Member
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