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I guess people usually vote on domestic issues. Unless a war has direct consequences on the domestic level(draft,too many soldiers getting killed,cost of war...), they don't care.

The problem is not voting. Voting is a right but also iMHO a duty. The problem is usually the political offer. You have 2 parties on the national level, they agree on almost everything except minor stuff like gay marriage so voting for one or the other has very little impact on foreign policies.

On the federal level, it looks like democracy actually work better and independent candidates can win elections.



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