Oooh, politics!

[beelikej]

We have general elections in The Netherlands tomorrow. There are 21 parties to choose from with in total 972 candidates (303 women, 669 men). There are twenty voting districts, in some of them local people are on the bottom of the list, to push votes. All votes count nationally though; all votes have the same weight

Comments

[beelikej]

:) To my knowledge the USA is one of the few, if not the only country that refers to the left as Liberals, it's quite confusing. In all of Europe (including the UK) liberals are kapitalists. The basic idea behind the Liberal party is that individual citizens should have as much freedom as possible meaning they want to have limited government interference. That is the main issue for your conservative right as well, isn't it? (Well, except when it comes to women and their bodies, hrmpf)
When I was young I used to vote for the VVD, until I realized that some people's freedoms are potentially hurtful for others, so in my opinion we need (more) rules to make sure people are protected from harm. (very simplified socialism;)

I had no idea the percentage of voters was so low! That is a frightening thought. I looked at the exit-polls and it seems we will get close to that 75% again. Still not high enough for me. (You're right: the people that don't vote are usually the loudest protesters after the elections)

Both the VVD and the PVDA have won a lot of votes and are both estimated to get about 40 seats (possibly 1 more for the right). Whatever party is the largest will get first pick of a coalition. This process may take weeks. *sighs*