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I did a translation on that page and from what I see, most cases are where less than about 10K people were voting. Most seemed to be in the hundreds. Please note that I was talking about a national election with a minimum of 100K votes, not a city election that is given in this example. And that brings me to my next point.@Jon I'm 55 years old and I've never voted. Because I think both sides are the same. Either side wins the result is the same. No politician worries about people.
But in the history of voting in Japan, we had 20 instances that one vote changed the result.
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People say to me, "If everybody thought like you, then nobody would vote." My response is always, that if nobody voted then I would vote because it then has more weight!
So, if there are only 20 examples in the history of Japan, all with small numbers, none of which are for the national election, this proves my point.
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