yekke2: So would you have some sort of system to disqualify voters deemed incapable of making an informed decision? I didn’t vote in the European referendum because, despite having an A Level in politics, and having read extensively on the subject from all sides of the debate, I simply couldn’t make my mind up. I disliked the EU on principle, but I couldn’t decide which side had a more convincing argument on the economy. So I withheld my opinion. What confuses me is that I would consider the vast majority of those who voted less ‘qualified’ than I to come to a decision, so how where they all so certain? The fact that whether a question in a referendum is posed in a positive or negative manner can lead to a decisive vote swing provides further evidence that nobody really knows anything. Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others. America ended up with a decision between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, for crying out loud!
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