A-Infos (en) Italy, UCADI, #202 - Regional Elections - A DEMOCRACY WITHOUT THE PEOPLE (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

The counting of the ballots of the voters-an ever-decreasing number-in 
the regions of Campania, Puglia, and Veneto on November 23-24 concluded 
without any surprises. A percentage of eligible voters equal to 41.83% 
in Puglia thus triumphantly elected the regional presidents, while in 
Campania 44.06% voted, and in Veneto 44.63% voted, albeit 16 percentage 
points less than in the previous elections. This is a minority, which 
speaks volumes about the crisis in political participation among 
citizens, given that in Veneto 2 million more voters abstained from 
voting than in the previous regional elections, while in Puglia 14 
percentage points more abstained, and in Campania 11 percentage points 
less. An initial analysis of voter turnout clearly shows lower turnout 
in large cities, a sign of the decline in clientelism in large urban 
areas. Meanwhile, the smaller the population center, the more powerful 
the chains of clientelism and vote-channeling prevail. Overall, there 
was also a particularly marked decline in turnout among young people 
aged 18 to 35.
Regarding voter turnout, the center-left alliance achieved a clear 
victory for De Caro in Puglia and Fico in Campania; in Veneto, 
right-wing candidate Stefani won, and the (de-Salvinized) League 
confirmed its position as the majority party over Brothers of Italy, 
thanks to the long-standing momentum of Zaia's inclusive policies. This 
result propels the League toward the position of designating the 
center-right's future candidate for governor of Lombardy, and presents 
Prime Minister Meloni and her party with the urgent need to study 
changes to the electoral law to defuse the opposition's ability to 
project the effects of these alliances at the national level.
None of the parties is addressing the rising abstention rate or 
questioning the causes, limiting themselves to raising laments. Proof of 
this is that everyone is calculating how to manage the minority of 
voters who still vote. The process of verticalization of the parties and 
the various political forces of both sides is growing unstoppable.
The right-wing government urgently calls for electoral law reform, 
perhaps by introducing a majority bonus and/or placing the prime 
minister's name on the ballot paper and/or redrawing the electoral 
districts. Given this situation, it will still be necessary to reckon 
with a further unstoppable rise in abstention.

https://www.ucadi.org/2025/11/30/elezioni-regionali-una-democrazia-senza-popolo/
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