Diaspora vote explains the unusually high turnout among young and relatively young people at recent 2020 presidential elections
Diaspora vote explains the unusually high turnout among young and relatively young people at recent 2020 presidential elections

Author(s): Mihai ȚURCANU
Subject(s): Government/Political systems, Electoral systems, Politics and society
Published by: IDIS VIITORUL Institutul pentru Dezoltare şi Initiative Sociale
Keywords: Young people in the electoral process; Republic of Moldova; Diaspora votes; Expectations of voters;
Summary/Abstract: About 373,398 people aged between 18 and 35 (25.69% of the total of 1,453,013 participants in Moldova) participated in the parliamentary elections of February 24, 2019; in the local elections in October-November 2019, this figure fell to 277,669 (or 23.43% of the total of 1,184,779); in the first round of the last presidential election, 367,058 young people participated (or 26.82% of the total of 1,368,516), and in the second round – 469,603 young people, which represents about 28.46% of the total of 1,650,131 participants. That latter result could be achieved primarily due to the mobilization of young people abroad.

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