In addition to debacle at a national level, where the turnout for the European elections compared to 2019 has to deal with a historic drop – it does not reach 50% – Tuscany is also preceded by a minus sign, counting 59.08% of the voters at the polls entitled. The figure marks a decline compared to the 65.75% of the 2019 European elections. Upon closer inspection, lturnout is decreasing almost everywhere, the highest was recorded in Florence (65.07%)which loses approximately five points compared to 70.21% in 2019. They follow Lawn (64.12%), Siena (64.09%), Pisa (60.96%) and Arezzo (60.63%). Turnout does not reach 60%. Livorno (58.66%), Pistoia (55.20%) and Grosseto (54.42%). Massa Carrara And Lucca brings up the rear with voters below 50%.
However, by tying up the thread on the administrative front, the turnout in the 2,420 sections was higher than in the European ones, equal to 63.84%, it was 68.84% in the previous elections. Like a cabal, the drop is always about 5 percentage points. Zooming in the Tuscan capital, near i 360 seats went to vote 64.42% of citizens, in 2019 it reached 68.06%. TO Lawn 63.99% of those entitled voted, compared to 68.51 in 2019. TO Livorno scores the 55.13%, and here too significantly below the previous statistic (62.58%).
All things considered, we have to ask ourselves what is responsible for this abstentionism, which has become more of a protagonist in politics and the highest in republican history. Between demographic and cultural factors, the media are quick to stigmatize the era, especially with the weakening of the parties and, we add, with a disconnect between the electorate and political representatives that has been going on for a long, long time.
