What Is the Paradox of Voting

question 7

Multiple Choice

What is the paradox of voting?

• A) Surprisingly high turnouts regardless of the small chances to decide the political outcome.
• B) Surprisingly low turnouts in democratic regimes.
• C) The lower level of political participation in established democratic regimes compared to former authoritarian regimes.
• D) The empirical evidence that turnout is higher among non-party members than among party members.

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