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The Non-Voter Abstention Time Bomb
The Non-Voter Abstention Time Bomb
The number of Europeans who don’t vote is increasing: a quarter don’t vote in any elections, and over half shun the ballot box when it’s time to choose European Parliament representatives. The non-voter time bomb is a data journalism investigation in which, for the first time, non-voters in the European Union (EU) are compared with inequality, unemployment and education levels.
Which countries and districts have the highest abstention rates in the EU? Do people vote less where inequality is higher? Do lower salaries mean less participation? Does having a college degree influence voting?
Between 1974 and 2023, 351 million voters, 27 countries, 85,000 local councils and 697 electoral acts and 16 socio-economic indicators are analysed.
On Europe Day, the audience is invited to participate in a collective reflection on the motivations for abstaining from voting and how this phenomenon is affecting democracy in Europe. A conversation moderated by DIVERGENTE journalists Beatriz Walviesse Dias, Luciana Maruta and Sofia da Palma Rodrigues.
09 MAY 2024
THU 18:30
Free admission*
Duration 2h
*with ticket pickup 30 min. before the session starts (subject to room capacity)
Biografias João Bernardo Narciso e Susana Peralta
João Bernardo Narciso
Cientista de dados e investigador. Mestre em Engenharia Informática pela Universidade do Porto e mestrando em Ciência Política pelo ISCTE. É co-autor do estudo "Afinal, quantas pessoas se abstêm em Portugal?", publicado em novembro pela Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos.
Susana Peralta
É economista, especialista em Economia Pública e Economia Política. É doutorada em economia e professora na Nova School of Business and Economics da Universidade Nova de Lisboa. É cronista no Público, na Rádio Observador e na RTP.
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