[jfengel]

Thing is, you can't assume that the 36.3% of eligible voters who didn't cast votes are opposed to this. Some surely are, and couldn't cast a vote because circumstances prevented them. But an awful lot of them seem to have said, "Eh, it makes no difference either way."

If you ask them why, many seem to cite American support for Israel in its war against Gaza. Others cite inflation.

It's hard to restrict democracy to those who are "reliably informed". I wish we could. The whole idea of democracy is that you shouldn't have to, because informed people will be able to have influence enough to win most of the time. That fundamental proposition seems to be in doubt.