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Which day of the week gets the most people to vote? We analysed thousands of international elections to find out

  • Written by Ferran Martinez i Coma, Senior Lecturer in Political Science, Griffith University

In the aftermath of elections, one of the issues usually discussed in the media is the amount of people who turned out to vote. This is known as “participation” or “voter turnout”.

Several factors, such as the weather, can affect turnout. For example, the Republican primaries in Iowa on January 15 were held in very cold...

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