Talk:Abstention
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[edit] translation white vote (vote blanc) to blank ballot
a "vote blanc" is not a white vote which could understood as a racial vote. a "Vote Blanc" in France and belgium is a white paper whithout any name or political party on it. Which is closer to blank ballot. The meaning of it is complicated tho, in Thailand , during the legislative elections, the citizen had tagged the line "I vote for no candidate". This was understood as blank ballots.
[edit] Definition does not cover all aspects
"An abstention may be used to indicate the voting individual's ambivalence about the measure, or mild disapproval that does not rise to the level of active opposition."
I feel like a third case is not covered here: Mild approval that does not rise to the level of full support. Or does "abstention" only cover mild disapproval?
[edit] Bad calculations removed
Several errors were made in the calculations and numbers I removed. Specifically, removing the "white votes" from the totals of both Chirac and Le Pen as was done is faulty. Here are the correct percentages, with source totals from the official government source at [1]
| Inscrits | 41 192 272 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Abstention | 8 359 440 | 20.29% | of Inscrits |
| Votants | 32 832 832 | 79.71% | of Inscrits |
| Exprimés | 31 062 928 | 75.41% | of Inscrits |
| 94.61% | of Votants | ||
| "Blancs" | 1 769 904 | 4.30% | of Inscrits |
| 5.39% | of Votants | ||
| Chirac | 25 537 894 | 62.00% | of Inscrits |
| 77.78% | of Votants | ||
| 82.21% | of Exprimés | ||
| Le Pen | 5 525 034 | 13.41% | of Inscrits |
| 16.83% | of Votants | ||
| 17.79% | of Exprimés | ||
As you can see, these numbers don't match those I removed from the article. For example, Chirac had votes in his favour from 62.00% of electors, not 61.23, and Le Pen had the support of 13.41% of the electors, not 9.98%. 198.96.36.131 (talk) 07:17, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
