Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoParisians vote in favour of tripling parking costs for SUVswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square170fedilinkarrow-up1974arrow-down110
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minus-squareMonsterMonster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37arrow-down2·11 months ago54.6% voted for the increase… turnout was 5.7%. So just over 3% of the eligible Parisian population voted for this. Source
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·11 months agoThe turnout for those things is always extremely low.
minus-squareMoonrise2473@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·11 months agoLOL at all the SUV drivers that didn’t go to vote
minus-squareDeath_Equity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·11 months agoThey were trying to find parking during the vote and missed it.
minus-squareHalcyon@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·11 months agoThis special tariff is aimed at visitors’ cars, residents are excluded and remain unaffected, as are tradesmen and care services. So most Parisians don’t care.
minus-squareSomething Burger 🍔@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoAnd even then, only a third of Parisians own a car.
minus-squaresoggy_kitty@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·11 months agoAh yes, as an Englishman I can wholeheartedly agree making decisions on minor majorities is a fantastic idea, right guys?
minus-squareGiddyGap@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 months agoWell, people always have a tendency to not show up to vote and then complain about the results.
minus-squaresoggy_kitty@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoOut of curiosity, how do you know they’re the same people in both groups you described?
54.6% voted for the increase… turnout was 5.7%. So just over 3% of the eligible Parisian population voted for this.
Source
The turnout for those things is always extremely low.
LOL at all the SUV drivers that didn’t go to vote
They were trying to find parking during the vote and missed it.
This special tariff is aimed at visitors’ cars, residents are excluded and remain unaffected, as are tradesmen and care services. So most Parisians don’t care.
And even then, only a third of Parisians own a car.
Ah yes, as an Englishman I can wholeheartedly agree making decisions on minor majorities is a fantastic idea, right guys?
Well, people always have a tendency to not show up to vote and then complain about the results.
Out of curiosity, how do you know they’re the same people in both groups you described?