Why referendums have been backfiring
by Ian Bremmer
Oct 08, 2016
2 minutes
COLOMBIAN VOTERS SHOCKED OUTSIDERS on Oct. 2 by voting down a measure, backed by their President, that would have formally ended the government’s half-century war with FARC rebels. Given similarly surprising referendum results elsewhere, it’s natural to wonder why voters are increasingly choosing no
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