Five Questions After Colombia’s Surprising Vote Against Peace (Matthew Taylor, CFR)

Pollsters’ best bets were radically overturned in Colombia Sunday, as widespread apathy and torrential rains dampened turnout in the referendum on the peace deal. Opponents of the deal appeared as surprised as anyone at their own victory, triumphing by fewer than 55,000 votes in a country of 33 million voters. Abstention topped 60 percent, and the “No” side won with the support of less than one-fifth of total voters, by a margin of 0.16 percent of those eligible to vote.

http://blogs.cfr.org/oneil/2016/10/03/five-questions-after-colombias-surprising-vote-against-peace/