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[STATS]The Declining Electorate

Day 1,011, 15:03 • Published in United Kingdom Poland

• by Rory Winterbourne

This article will look at the eUK voting figures for the past year, concentrating on the last few months and looking at the effect V2 has had on voter turnout.

Number of eUK voters in presidential and congressional elections over the last year. Click for larger image.

The release of V2 at the beginning of July marks the steady decrease in the number of voter with Augusts Congress elections having only 389 voters.

Close up of the last 3 months (black line = linear trendline with 2 month forecast).

Although this shows a total departure of all players within two months, it is highly unlikely to happen but who knows. The trend seems to be worldwide.

The last 3 months of results from the top 5 counties* added together (black line = linear trendline with 2 month forecast).

*Top 5 countries as of day 1011
Serbia
Poland
Argentina
Spain
Brazil

Percentage comparison of eUK vs top 5 countries over the last 3 months (Congress and Presidential election combined)

The eUK comes out marginally better than the top 5 countries combined, although it doesn’t take into account all the Polish multis that have been removed from the game recently (if many of them have).

The future is bright!

Comments

Ashura Temple Day 1,011, 16:32

Good work

Dylanb9216 Day 1,011, 18:48

My studies are only prelimenary at the moment, but I think its safe to say maddog_jones is to blame.

cas3 Day 1,011, 19:32

Nice. Yet depressing.

Tomazim Day 1,011, 21:28

I am now stronger than Ireland

Pizza The Hut Day 1,011, 22:05

bring back Churchill!

Captain Briggs Day 1,011, 22:08

Get rid of the trendline. They have never accurately proven anything even in real life.

Many of the citizens who left due to the difficulty the game has increased (and less so but also relevant the harder it is to multi now), is the biggest reason for the decline, and this WILL stabilise, and then start growing upwards again as new players join the game.

Many of the players who left did so because erepublik was no longer the game they started playing, it changed. This isn't the case for players who join postV2.

venja Day 1,011, 22:27

Classical misue of statistics. You have studied the effects but not the cause.

Sir Humphrey Appleby Day 1,012, 09:32

Dylanb9216Day 1,011, 18:48 My studies are only prelimenary at the moment, but I think its safe to say maddog_jones is to blame.

I like.

Greatmoff Day 1,012, 16:10

I blame Jamesw. I thought he was the official scapegoat for everything that went wrong.

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