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Why is there no excitement of elections? (lemm.ee)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The voter turnout dropped heavily in the first phase when compared to previous elections. What is exactly happening? Are people losing faith in democracy? Or they are getting lazy thinking "aayega to modi hi"? Whatever it is, it's dangerous for democracy and must be fixed.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'd rather vote.

I respect you for that.

caste-based politics has become the next new

Outright caste politics?
I'm from Kerala and we do have caste/religious equations going on in the background, but most of the time it never reaches the foreground.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Outright caste politics?

It's not as loud as the Vokkaliga vs Lingayat scenario, maybe similar to what's happening in Kerala.