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Originally posted by Dreamer128:
I disagree. Consider the contents of this treaty. Politics, even national politics, have never been a very 'hot' issue among people. And this is an extremely complicated treaty. I think the fact that well over one third of the Spanish population, millions of people, came out and voted makes this a massive victory for the Pro-Constitution camp.
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I'd say you're right and wrong, meaning no offense.
Right: more than 1/3 turnout in an EU election is really good.
Wrong: in choosing Spain as a good example to illustrate your point. The Spanish seem to have generally decent turnouts and are pro-EU. They mobilize well, as we saw after the bombings last year--something like 1/3 of the ENTIRE POPULATION demonstrated. That's impressive.
I don't think anybody was really 'really' worried about turnout in Spain. Britain and others are going to be much harder to sell on the constitution. Poland is going to interesting...20.8% turnout for the parliamentary elections and no mention of Christianity in the constitution.