How electable would the GOP be in your country?

[Julien]

It's important to remember that the poltics of various European countries and the United States are not as different as is commonly supposed.

The GOP would do very well in France (minus the religious right element o/c)

I don't know, Giuliani types would do well in certain areas(Paris's suburbs, Alsace, the Riviera).

[Julien]

The GOP would do very well in France (minus the religious right element o/c)

Right, because we all know the GOP stands for a massive welfare state.

Do you realise that your apalling lack of knowledge about my country makes you look like a complete jackass?

[Julien]

The GOP would do very well in France (minus the religious right element o/c)

Right, because we all know the GOP stands for a massive welfare state.

Do you realise that your apalling lack of knowledge about my country makes you look like a complete jackass?

Julien, BTW, how would US parties do in France?

It depends. We have a lot of parties, where the US parties have many factions. The religious-right of the GOP wouldn't win anywhere, but as I said the business and law&order republicans(my example was Giuliani) would do very well. If you would like I can work on a map.

[Julien]

Lorraine is pretty conservative

I will make a map, but I need a map with the départements that I can use. I will try to find one.

[Julien]

It took me a while. I took a mixture of legislative results and traditional alliances, but mostly the last presidential election. I'm assuming these are RINO's(is that the right term?) running. Thanks, now I won't get to sleep tonight


           

[Julien]

Excellent, I assume red is GOP?

No I'm afraid. Red is democrats. This is just basic, we can never know what would be. I gave most of the swing areas to democrats.

Another factor is that I just used two parties. If the republicans were moved over here then there would be massive vote splitting on the left(between the social liberal, socialist, and communist parties).

You also have to understand the population demographics. Many of teh areas that are GOP controlled are highly populated