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Referendums - Coggle Diagram

- - - - purest form of democracy
      - referendums can mend rifts in society
        
        eg the decisive nature of the Belfast agreement in 1998
      - referendums can solve conflicts in the political system
      - people are more informed than in the past and so people are more capable of making these decisions
    - - people may not be able to understand such complex issues
      - referendums can cause social rifts
        
        eg 2014 Scottish independence referendum
      - can lead to tyranny of the majority
      - voters may be swayed by emotion rather than rational appeals
      - some questions shouldnt be reduced to a simple yes or no answer
  - - - low turnout and decisive remain with FPTP showed electoral reform not to be an important issue