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Re:Arrow's Theorem (2014) by sampo on Friday November 10, 2017 @11:13PM (#15674959)
One measure could be the typical voter turnout in elections. Lower turnout could mean less trust in the political system.

    United States (2016): 56%
    India (2014):         65%
    Germany (2017):       76%
    Denmark (2015):       86%
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Re:Arrow's Theorem (2014) by yorwba on Saturday November 11, 2017 @03:01AM (#15675433)
Voter turnout essentially reflects whether their vote is worth it. If they think everything is going to get worse no matter how they vote, they won't bother. But the same happens when they think everything will be alright no matter how they vote! So you can't really distinguish between those cases based on voter turnout alone.
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