Josh @aosher.bsky.social · 02/09/2025If one were being slightly snippy one might observe that a turnout of 38% is very low for a leadership election. Labour 2020: 63% Tories 2024: 73% Lib Dems 2020: 57% And all of those were sharply down, by 10-15%, from their immediate precursors. 110 1
Josh @aosher.bsky.social · 02/09/2025Turnout for leadership elections tends to be high; the cohort of people who join a political party tends to be highly committed and engaged. A large chunk of the membership being insufficiently motivated to vote for the leader is a bad sign for them being motivated to knock on doors. 100 1
