Brazilians disenchantment with the political system: 17.5% abstention on Sunday's election

Wednesday, October 5th 2016 - 11:43 UTC

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Brazilian President Michel Temer said on Monday the high abstention rate as well as the number of blank and spoiled ballots in local elections on the weekend signaled the disillusionment of Brazilians with their political system. Brazil's electoral authority, the TSE, said the abstention rate averaged 17.5% in Sunday's nationwide polls, up from 15.4% in the municipal elections in 2014. Read full article

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Pytangua
The usual arrogance of the Anglo London metro elite - I wonder whether readers know what the average abstention rate is for English local government over the past decades - 66%!! In other words only one-third of the electorate bother to vote. Surely this is strong evidence of rather more “disenchantment with the political system” in UK than in Brazil. But the London metro elite are immune to any criticism of our sclerotic democracy and continue to paint it in Latin America as the paragon of democratic virtue - frankly it's a pack 0f lies.
Oct 05th, 2016 - 04:33 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Jack Bauer
@1 Pytangua
“I wonder whether readers know what the average abstention rate is for English local government over the past decades - 66%!! ”

Considering that voting in Brazil is compulsory, and in the UK it is not, the comparison makes little sense. If Brazilians weren't obliged to vote, the abstention rate would probably be much the same. The reason being that the average candidate isn't even in the slightest qualified to run for public office, and as a result the 'people' are fed up with having to vote for crap.
Oct 05th, 2016 - 06:25 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
@ 1 Hepatitis

Trying to mask your true identity I see, or are you the really dumb sister to the dumb Hepatitis?

Your comment is truly laughable as to the depth of your ignorance.
Oct 05th, 2016 - 06:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Jack Bauer
@3 ChrisR
my reaction to the crap in # 1 was same as yours...
Oct 06th, 2016 - 04:53 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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:o))
The Brazilians show their disenchantment only by 17.5% abstention. In case of more serious issues like losing a football-match; they fight!
Oct 07th, 2016 - 12:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Jack Bauer
@5 :0))
Right, what can you expect when they think the result of a soccer match is a matter of life and death, yet the govt that they have to elect doesn't merit getting off their fat arses to vote ?
Oct 07th, 2016 - 03:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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