Re: Arvind Kumar on India's voters: more nonsense

["MR.JAYESH NARENDRA SHAH" <bomaaa97@giasbm01.vsnl.net.in>]

The turn out of voters in elections is about 55% average in India for
all
elections. Thanks Jayesh Shah

On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, Arvind Kumar wrote:

> ---Charu datt <charu@brahms.mmc.lucent.com> wrote:
> > I second Subroto here.
> > Consider this- in US elections voter turnout is
> around 40-50% of the
> > population
> > eligible to vote, meaning those registered to vote.
> A win by getting
> > 50-60% of
> > the polled vote means that a candidate was voted
> for by a mere 20-30% of
> > the
> > electorate. By contrast Indian voter turnout is
> much higher, which to me
> > gives
> > the elections a much greater democratic legitimacy.
>
> Completely irrelevant point. The right to choose also involves the
right
> to abstain. A person who abstains should be considered as a person who

> is either open to any of the choices or feels that no choice is good.
>
> Whatever be your arguments, to me it looks like voting for any party
in
> USA leads to improving the quality of life of the people while in
india,
> it is the reverse.
>
> -Arvind
>
>
>
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