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Tag Archives: media

Do votes count?

By Whealie | May 9, 2015 - 3:48 pm |November 9, 2016 elections, Journalism
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Emma Goldman and quote: "if voting changed anything they'd make it illegal"

52% of the UK population do not vote

David Cameron’s Conservative government secured the backing of 24.4% of the 2015 electorate and just 17.6% of the UK population.

More than four out five people in the UK did not vote Conservative. More than half the UK population (52%) did not (or could not) vote at all. Continue reading →

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