The region, or electoral constituency, is the Azores: six of the ten municipalities with the highest abstention rates are Azorean and there are 19 with abstention above 50%. According to sociologist Fernando Diogo, of the University of the Azores and a researcher at CICS.Nova, the solution may take decades but lies in schools: “It is not necessary to create new subjects, it is necessary to create a tradition of debates within schools; there is a lack of public engagement in the 'res publica'.”
Lower levels of schooling or too many young people. That is why, among other reasons, this is the region of the country with the lowest turnout: in the first round of the presidential election 57.85% of electors stayed at home
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