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The Power of No: Why Most Vote Against Candidates Rather than For Them

Negative voting - where voters cast ballots in opposition of a candidate rather than for one - has almost doubled in the last 20 years.

By Dan Sally
The Power of No: Why Most Vote Against Candidates Rather than For Them
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Negative voting - where voters cast ballots in opposition of a candidate rather than for one - has almost doubled in the last 20 years. In this episode of Middleweight Politics, Shawn and Dan discuss the economic drivers behind it, how a non-responsive government fuels voter cynicism, and ways we can fix it.

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Dan Sally

Dan Sally serves on the Digital Strategy Council for Rank the Vote and is host of the podcast ‘You Don’t Have to Yell’, which discusses today’s most pressing issues without the partisan spin.

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