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by Noughmad 3568 days ago
We in Slovenia also vote on Sundays. It's nice because everybody can go, but we also have very low voter turnout because most people don't care.

This is a problem because religious people vote more than non-religious, simply because they're already out for church, while others don't bother to leave the house.

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> This is a problem because religious people vote more than non-religious, simply because they're already out for church, while others don't bother to leave the house.

I'd assume that what you would see was more religious voters would rather refrain from voting since it was Sunday?

The reason why people vote more religiously than you would expect could simply be because very many are religious, even if they don't speak loudly about it.

Do you take an active interest in Slovenian politics?
No, but I take an active interest when people starts blaming religion.

I also think I have a feeling for how at least a subset of religious people think.