The
outcome is likely to illustrate the inability of the
electoral system to reflect the
desires of the voters or produce a clear
electoral outcome (in other words the main argument for FPTP seems to be going out the window).
If the referendum educates the public in the power of their voice, and if it educates masses and elites to expand their moral imagination enough to recognize the complaints of the other side, this experiment, although probably not the best
outcome, has the epistemic value
desired by proponents of deliberation, and its long - term effect may be more
electoral stability and a renewed aversion to change for the sake of change.