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Turnout - EP Election 2004

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Turnout - EP Elections 2004–2007. “New” vs “Old” member states

Higher Turnout in Established Member States

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Decreasing Turnout

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National vs EP Elections - Turnout

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Turnout - National vs EP Election - Sweden

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Turnout - Germany 1979-2004 - EP Elections

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Declining Gender Gap

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Voters Abstain Voluntarily

"New"member states

11,7 8,7

38,332,6

46,248,1

3,810,7

Neither

Circumstantial

Voluntary

Both

"Old" memberstates

Most voters abstain from voting in EP-elections for voluntary reasons as opposed to more circumstantial reasons such as health reasons, not being home, being to busy etc.

Source:Banducci, Galligan and Hayes (CivicActive WP10)European Parliament Post-Election Survey, 2004.

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Voluntarily Reasons

Acknowledgements:Data and analysis on gender turnout as well as on voting abstentions were reproduced from the works of Banducci, Galligan and Hayes (CivicActive WP10) and kindly provided by Yvonne Galligan. 3,4

7,6

5,9

9,1

6,7

17,9

15,2

13,0

20,0

25,6

1,2

5,8

5,8

7,0

9,3

11,3

13,3

26,3

30,4

49,6

Not know there were elections

Dissatisfied with EU Parliament

Lack of public debate

Opposed to EU

"New"member statesRarely vote

Not know muchabout EU/EP

Not interested inEU matters

Vote has noconsequences

Not interested in politics

Lack of trust

"Old" member states

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Turnout by Gender

18,7

39,7

81,3

60,3

16,9

39

83,1

61

Abstained innational election

Abstained in EP

Voted in national election

Voted in EP

Women

Men

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Persistence of Patterns

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Persistence of Patterns

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Turnout by gender - “New” vs “Old” member states

Established Member States

49

48

54

51

54

60

60

62

65

65

81

87

87

89

89

47

51

52

52

55

56

61

64

65

69

77

84

86

89

93

Austria

United Kingdom

Germany

Sweden

France

Netherlands

Portugal

Finland

Spain

Denmark

Ireland

Luxembourg

Greece

Italy

Belgium

New Member States

37

27

46

45

46

65

52

83

88

20

28

37

44

45

55

63

64

81

91

Slovakia

Poland

Estonia

Slovenia

Czech Republic

Latvia

Hungary

Lithuania

Cyprus

Malta

Women Men