Referendums (unfinished, 17/09/2025)
Starter Referendums are "a device so alien to our traditions" Clement Attlee 1. What do you think Clement Attlee meant? Referendums were abnormal for British politics due to how En...
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Starter Referendums are "a device so alien to our traditions" Clement Attlee 1. What do you think Clement Attlee meant? Referendums were abnormal for British politics due to how En...
| For | Evidence | Against | Evidence | | | | | | | Turnout was historically low | Only 52.8% of the voting age population voted in 2024 – the lowest since universal suffrage | A m...
Voter turnout decline Fallen gradually globally since the 1960s Peaked in 1992 at 77.7% Lowest in 2001 at 59.4% Has remained below 70% since 1997 Voting demographic Younger people,...
General elections votes every 5 years, the electoral Universal Suffrage Votes are Treated Equally FPTP first past the post system 650 seats divided upon an approximately equal elec...
For Compulsory voting will lead to higher participation Voters will educate themselves Voter turnout will increase Will improve legitimacy as the result is representative of the el...
Electoral Participation participation in voting Standing in elections Voting Joining a political party Supporting a political party Non electoral Participation participation outsid...
info Improve graph possibly an outdated Mermaid implementation of Obsidian? Great Reform Act, 1832 Reduced the property requirements. Made constituencies the same size/more modern....
info Tag. There are different forms of democracy. Direct A democracy in which people directly make decisions. This is still used in modern democracy, but less often, via. referendu...