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05-28-2012, 04:40 PM
Coinciding with the increase in the business of politics and political patronage, voter abstention is on the rise. In an analysis today, Monday, 28 May, in El Caribe, PRD economic advisor Andres Dauhajre examines the increase in voter abstention since 1994, turning non-voters into practically the third "political" force in the Dominican Republic.
In the 2012 presidential election, almost a third chose not to vote, or 29.8% of the total of 6.5 million registered to vote.
In the 2012 presidential election, the PLD and allies won with 35.71% of registered voters. The PRD and allies received 32.74%, and abstention was at 29.8%, with minority parties accounting for 1.29% and annulled votes 0.46%.
Dauhajre would like to see penalties imposed on people who don't vote to encourage more participation.
Dauhajre writes that the historical abstention rate was:
1994: 16.19% (Joaquin Balaguer/PRSC vs. Jose Francisco Pena Gomez/PRD),
1996: 22.60% (Leonel Fernandez/PLD vs. Jacinto Peynado/PRSC)
2000: 23.86% (Hipolito Mejia/PRD vs. Danilo Medina/PLD)
2004: 27.16% (Leonel Fernandez/PLD vs. Hipolito Mejia/PRD)
2008: 28.64% (Leonel Fernandez/PLD vs. Miguel Vargas/PRD)
2012: 29.8% (Danilo Medina/PLD vs. Hipolito Mejia/PRD)
He favors creating a hefty penalty to encourage more Dominicans to vote. For instance, he says the government could annul non-voters' IDs-voting cards, with a RD$4,000 charge for issuing a new one. He said this would increase the cost to RD$5,000 for political parties seeking to incur in the common practice of buying IDs-voting cards from people suspected of voting for an opposing party.
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In the 2012 presidential election, almost a third chose not to vote, or 29.8% of the total of 6.5 million registered to vote.
In the 2012 presidential election, the PLD and allies won with 35.71% of registered voters. The PRD and allies received 32.74%, and abstention was at 29.8%, with minority parties accounting for 1.29% and annulled votes 0.46%.
Dauhajre would like to see penalties imposed on people who don't vote to encourage more participation.
Dauhajre writes that the historical abstention rate was:
1994: 16.19% (Joaquin Balaguer/PRSC vs. Jose Francisco Pena Gomez/PRD),
1996: 22.60% (Leonel Fernandez/PLD vs. Jacinto Peynado/PRSC)
2000: 23.86% (Hipolito Mejia/PRD vs. Danilo Medina/PLD)
2004: 27.16% (Leonel Fernandez/PLD vs. Hipolito Mejia/PRD)
2008: 28.64% (Leonel Fernandez/PLD vs. Miguel Vargas/PRD)
2012: 29.8% (Danilo Medina/PLD vs. Hipolito Mejia/PRD)
He favors creating a hefty penalty to encourage more Dominicans to vote. For instance, he says the government could annul non-voters' IDs-voting cards, with a RD$4,000 charge for issuing a new one. He said this would increase the cost to RD$5,000 for political parties seeking to incur in the common practice of buying IDs-voting cards from people suspected of voting for an opposing party.
www.miprd.org/andy (http://www.miprd.org/andy)
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#4)