Message from @Nuke
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The "Right" in Sweden has the plurality but they actually allow the Red-Green coalition to run the country anyway.
Cuckangz
Plus SD isn't even posturing to be a protest vote or anything despite its situation
It's moderating its stances even more and deradicalizing to get more votes.
hmm, do you think that'll backfire on them
Yes
It's like the #1 complaint about them now
They're also holding gay pride marches and everything
to show how they're not Nazis
hmm, is it possible they'll reverse course before the election to not lose voters ? I'm not sure how politically savvy Jimmy Akesson is
Doubtful. AfD's leader wanted to do this sort of BS and she actually resigned from the party and took some elected offices to "The Blue Party" which she established within like a month after the election.
The idea isn't to maximize their vote or play long-term; it's to get into the coalition.
The idea of the hardliners is actually to lose and eventually secure majority government in most of Europe.
By gradually increasing the loyal share of the electorate
hmm, I suppose the parliamentary system does encourage comformity in that sense
Yeah, it's very rare to secure an outright majority in continental European proportional representation systems.
Majority government is only common in countries like Britain, Canada, and Australia--where they actually have constituencies, unlike countries like Germany and Sweden. @Deleted User
constituencies ?
Oh yeah, because voting in Germany and Sweden is ranked right? There are no electoral districts? You cast your vote for the party, and they will get a proportional amount of representatives
Yep.
Germany has electoral districts, but they've cucked their electoral system so it's basically proportional.
If they don't win a sufficient % of the "second vote" to win a proportional amount of the Bundestag, then they win less proportional seats, and if they really only win constituencies and not the popular vote (second vote) then seats are automatically allocated to assist other parties.
CDU+CSU could've actually had a majority govt if they didn't sign that incredibly bad deal that handed Germany to an eternal GroKo.
but fortunately
GroKo's popularity has dropped below 50%
ironic considering GroKo politicians were saying they were reluctant to take up the mantle of the Grand Coalition once more because they were so self-assured they would win a majority so massive that it would be a "threat to democracy"
second vote?
Yes.
In Germany, you get two votes--one for your constituency (which is basically meant to allow independent politicians to win) and one for the proportional vote (second vote)
So you vote for a candidate and basically the system is retarded
Notice SPD only won one state
AfD won as many states as the second-largest party; it rightfully should have and could have been the CDU/CSU's sidekick, were the electoral system actually as the proponents of the system claim.
(with a hybrid proportional/constituency system)
wow, that's certainly silly
Indeed.
Feels like this state is the only one without any elections right now and yet here I am
well, it's good of you to bring up your extensive political knowledge, promoting you to admin
also, I see you're an admin of that forum - ekunia
it seems like more of a blog though
how many other users are on it