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8. There's been 1 'winter' election since the mass ownership of cars, in Feb 1974

Tue Oct 29, 2019, 06:28 PM

Oct 2019

and that had a higher turnout than the elections before and after it - see the graph at the first link in reply #6.

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December 12th vote...hmmm...first vote on Brexit low turnout...hmmm [View all] pbmus Oct 2019 OP

This could go anyway... Soph0571 Oct 2019 #1

I did hear that the first vote was pretty low turnout... Wounded Bear Oct 2019 #2

That's been our problem for years... Wounded Bear Oct 2019 #4

There's been 1 'winter' election since the mass ownership of cars, in Feb 1974 muriel_volestrangler Oct 2019 #8

If you mean the turnout in the referendum, then, no, it was quite high muriel_volestrangler Oct 2019 #6

I stand corrected... Wounded Bear Oct 2019 #9

What does "first vote on Brexit low turnout" mean? muriel_volestrangler Oct 2019 #7

Jeremy Corbyn's biggest problem is a lot of old Labour areas voted for brexit Otto Lidenbrock Oct 2019 #10

Honestly, Corbyn is the worst Labor leader in my memory. Blue_true Oct 2019 #11