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It has been historically low in Sweden. Last time 55% voted in the EU election while 82% voted in the Swedish election.

The more local the more people care but half of the population voting is not really drastically different than 2/3 of the population voting.

It would be better if more people voted though.

This assumes that the ones who decide to vote in the EU election are a random sample of the ones that vote in the national elections, which is almost definitely not true. One of the parties is likely being over/under represented at the EU election.

It only means that underrepresented should do better in convincing people to vote.

You said:

>The more local the more people care but half of the population voting is not really drastically different than 2/3 of the population voting.

And I was simply pointing out how the result is different. I thought you were referencing that it was a random sample. Though apparently you just decided it's the same even though you knew it wasn't a random sample.

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