... between parties and candidates. However, there have been studies that have explored the advantages and disadvantages associated with the 5% of the eligible electorate who fail to vote, with Labor making a net gain in votes when turnout is high and the Coalition benefiting when the turnout is low (McAllister, 1986). While the question of 'who votes?' is essential to democracies where turnout ... ...

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... to this age group. This rate is very low, considering the fact that young people in the age range of 16-29 constitute more than one-third of all the adult Kazakhstan population. The number of women accounts to only 17.3% of the regional Maslikhat and 10.9% of the oblast Maslikhats deputies, which is much lower in comparison with some European ... ...

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... itself. An understanding of strengths and limitations of Indian democracy requires a contextualization of its origins, which gave it distinctive characteristics. These resulted from a western democratic political system based on universal adult suffrage being formally established in a developing nation, which has made the former its own over the 68 years of operation. In 1947, universal suffrage became a vehicle for empowerment in an ... ...

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