Ways of improving the UK's democracy
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?- Created by: Frankie Snowball
- Created on: 30-03-13 12:22
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- Ways of improving the UK's democracy
- Lowering the voting age
- For
- Irrational cut-off age
- Youth interests ingored
- Responsibilities without rights
- Against
- Undermining turnout
- Preserving 'childhood'
- Immature voters
- For
- Compulsory voting
- For
- Improve voter turnout
- Gives decisions greater legitimacy
- Improve voter turnout
- Against
- Difficult to enforce
- Uninformed
- Breach of rights
- For
- Digital democracy
- For
- Ease of organisation
- Access to information
- Easier participation
- Likely to improve voter turnout
- Against
- Electoral malpractice easier
- 'Virtual' democracy
- Digital divide
- For
- Increase the use of referendums
- For
- Increase political awareness
- Purer form of democracy
- Improve political education
- Increase political participation
- Against
- Voter fatigue
- Too many complex issues
- Tyranny of the majority
- Voters might be influenced by emotional, irrational appeals
- Loss of respect for representative institutions
- For
- Lowering the voting age
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