CSM voting patterns

CSM1

The first elections were held between the 5th of May 2008 to the 19th of May 2008.

There were 24,651 votes cast out of a pool of 222,422 eligible voters, amassing a turnout of 11.08%. Of the total votes cast, 869 voters (3.5%) chose to abstain.

The gender difference between voters closely follow the gender difference in the subscription base, with male voters being 97% and female voters being 3% of the total voting population compared to 95.4% versus 4.6% male – female ratio of the player base.

The average age of accounts voting is 1.77 years, meaning that most votes were cast by veteran players. 40% of the voting accounts are veterans of two years or more whilst those veterans constitute 29% of the eligible voters.

The below information reveal interesting facts. It displays voters sorted by countries, percentage of votes originating from each country and the last column shows the total number of voters based on region.

CSM2

The second elections were held from 7th of November 2008 to 21st of November 2008.

There were 20112 votes cast out of a pool of 233541 eligible voters, amassing a turnout of 8,61%. Of the total votes cast, 1149 voters (5,7%) chose to abstain.

The gender difference between voters closely follow the gender difference in the subscription base, with male voters being 97.1% and female voters being 2.9% of the total voting population compared to 95.4% versus 4.6% male - female ratio of the player base.

The average age of accounts voting is 1.94 years, meaning that most votes were cast by veteran players. 41.5% of the voting accounts are veterans of two years or more whilst those veterans constitute 29% of the eligible voters.

The below information displays voters sorted by countries, percentage of votes originating from each country, the total number of voters as a percentage of subscribers from that region and lastly the subscription percentage based on region.

CSM3

The third lection were held from 12th of May 2009 to 26th of May 2009.

There were 27848 votes cast out of a pool of 285913 eligible voters, amassing a turnout of 9,74%. Of the total votes cast, 992 voters (3,56%) chose to abstain.

The gender difference between voters closely follow the gender difference in the subscription base, with male voters being 97.1% and female voters being 2.9% of the total voting population compared to 95.5% versus 4.5% male - female ratio of the player base.

The average age of accounts voting is 2 years, meaning that most votes were cast by veteran players - the age going a bit up from the last election where the average age was 1.94 years. 44.6% of the voting accounts are veterans of two years or more whilst those veterans constitute 29% of the eligible voters.

The below information displays voters sorted by countries, percentage of votes originating from each country, the total number of voters as a percentage of subscribers from that region and lastly the subscription percentage based on region.

CSM4

The fourth election were held from 12th of November 2009 to 26th of November 2009.

There were 21,158 votes cast by eligible voters (i.e. older than 30 days and thus able to vote), amassing a turnout of 7.36%. Of the total votes cast, 629 voters (2.97%) chose to abstain.

The gender difference between voters closely follow the gender difference in the subscription base, with male voters being 96.9% and female voters being 3.1% of the total voting population compared to 95.5% versus 4.5% male - female ratio of the player base.

The average age of accounts voting is 2.2 years, meaning that most votes were cast by veteran players - the age consistently going a bit up since the first election where the average age was 1.77 years, second 1.94 and third 2 years.

47.31% of the voting accounts are veterans of two years or more.

The below information displays voters sorted by countries, percentage of votes originating from each country, the total number of voters as a percentage of subscribers from that region and lastly the subscription percentage based on region.

CSM5

There were 39,433 votes cast by eligible voters (i.e. older than 30 days and thus able to vote), amassing a turnout of 12.67% - a record turnout. Of the total votes cast, 754 voters (1.9%) chose to abstain.

The gender difference between voters was something that seemed to have quite some difference, with male voters being 96.9% and female voters being 3.1% of the total voting population. This is compared to the 96% male and 4% female ratio of the player base, indicating that male users were more likely than female users to vote in this election.

The average age of users who voted was 30.8. The average age of accounts voting was 2.18 years, meaning that most votes were cast by veteran players. This is a slight decrease on previous elections, which indicates that a larger number of relatively new players participated in this election. 46.36% of the voting accounts were from users older than 2 years and 7.49% from users older than 5 years. 0.7% were older than 7 years.

The table below reveals some interesting facts. It displays voters sorted by countries, percentage of votes originating from each country, the total number of voters as a percentage of subscribers from that country and the subscription percentage based of that country.

Much like in previous elections, several countries had a very high voting percentage compared to the average. In this election, we saw this with the Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland and Finland. 9.8% of Russian subscribers voted, compared to just 5.94% in the CSM4 election. Serbia had the overall highest attendance, with 28.98% of its 383 subscribers voting.

Further information

• Council of Stellar Management