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« Reply #125 on: October 30, 2012, 08:26:35 AM »

Not to mention only allowing women into the party to receive state funding.
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« Reply #126 on: October 30, 2012, 11:41:34 AM »

Just to clarify, I have family in the Netherlands who are all SGP supporters including a 2nd cousin who is in the Provinciale Staten. My politics are closer to CU/VVD, but if I actually lived in the Netherlands I'm pretty sure I'd vote with my family.
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« Reply #127 on: October 30, 2012, 04:40:13 PM »

Good call.

Looking at your Political Matrix score, you must be a pretty lonely Republican (I know NH is different, but that different, seriously?). With scores like that you'd be right at home in New Labour over here and surely further left than many Dems in the South over there?

Well, I wouldn't have been entirely unwelcome in New Labor. But New Labor doesn't exist. Now it's Red Ed. Also, I don't think the Blair-Brown government was very good. And I like "big society" Cameronism.

Also, I find the Republican Party a perfect fit. After all, despite his protestations to the contrary, Mitt Romney is probably around where I am. And even if there are probably Southern Democrats more right-wing than I am, they're all probably still tied to far-left interest groups (SEIU, NEA), and a far-left, irresponsible, incompetent, intolerant, kleptocratic national party.
My feelings exactly!

You guys seriously need a multi-party system...
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« Reply #128 on: October 31, 2012, 01:34:31 AM »

Well that and his sanity back (Democrats 'far-left', GTFO).
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« Reply #129 on: October 31, 2012, 11:07:27 AM »

Good call.

Looking at your Political Matrix score, you must be a pretty lonely Republican (I know NH is different, but that different, seriously?). With scores like that you'd be right at home in New Labour over here and surely further left than many Dems in the South over there?

Well, I wouldn't have been entirely unwelcome in New Labor. But New Labor doesn't exist. Now it's Red Ed. Also, I don't think the Blair-Brown government was very good. And I like "big society" Cameronism.

Also, I find the Republican Party a perfect fit. After all, despite his protestations to the contrary, Mitt Romney is probably around where I am. And even if there are probably Southern Democrats more right-wing than I am, they're all probably still tied to far-left interest groups (SEIU, NEA), and a far-left, irresponsible, incompetent, intolerant, kleptocratic national party.
My feelings exactly!

You guys seriously need a multi-party system...
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« Reply #130 on: November 04, 2012, 08:33:42 PM »

Australia: Liberal (Although I live in a rural area, I'm more ideologically in tune with the Libs)
               Northern Territory: Country Liberal
               Queensland: Liberal National
Canada: Conservative
              Alberta: Wildrose
              Quebec: Liberal
              Saskatchewan: Saskatchewan
Denmark: Liberal Alliance
Greece: Independent Greece (New Democracy is too europhile for me)
Israel: Likud
Jamaica: Jamaican Labour
Japan: Liberal Democrat
Mexico: New Alliance
Netherlands: Party for Freedom (I'm not a bigot, nor do I think Wilders is)
New Zealand: National
Norway: Progress
Poland: Poland Must Come First
Russia: Right Cause
Taiwan: National (Kuomintang)
United Kingdom: UKIP (Until Cameron agrees to an "in-or-out" referendum
                         Northern Ireland: Ulster Union Party
Venezuela: Justice First
             
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« Reply #131 on: April 20, 2013, 11:55:14 PM »

USA: Democrats (Republican in exile)
Canada: Conservatives
Mexico: PAN
Chile: National Renewal
Britain: Conservatives
France: UMP
Germany: CDU
Netherlands: VVD
Italy: Civic Choice
Austria: OVP
Sweden: Moderate Party
Norway: Conservative
Denmark: Venestre
Finland: National Coalition Party
Australia: Liberal
New Zealand: National
South Africa: Democratic Alliance
South Korea: Saenuri
Japan: LDP
Taiwan: Kuomintang
India: INC
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« Reply #132 on: April 21, 2013, 12:13:07 AM »

USA: Republican
UK: I'd say I'm UKIP, but I'd vote Conservative
Canada: Conservative
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« Reply #133 on: April 21, 2013, 01:24:07 AM »

Australia: Liberal
Austria: BZÖ
Belgium: LDD
Canada: Conservative
Denmark: Venstre
Finland: National Coalition
France: New Centre
Germany: FDP
Greece: New Democracy
Iceland: Independence Party
Italy: Future and Freedom
Ireland: UUP
Luxembourg: Democratic Party
Mexico: PAN
Netherlands: VVD
New Zealand: ACT
Norway: Conservative
Portugal: PSD
South Africa: Democratic Alliance
Spain: People's Party
Sweden: Liberal People's Party
Switzerland: FDP
UK: Conservative
US: Republican
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« Reply #134 on: April 23, 2013, 12:14:09 AM »
« Edited: April 24, 2013, 01:30:23 AM by Njall »

Australia: Green
Canada:
   Alberta: I'm actually a member of the PC's, although that's largely because in my riding the choice is essentially between PC and Wildrose.  Would vote NDP if in Edmonton.
   British Columbia: NDP
   New Brunswick: NDP
   Newfoundland and Labrador: NDP
   Nova Scotia: NDP
   Ontario: NDP
   Prince Edward Island: Liberal
   Quebec: Quebec Solidaire
   Saskatchewan: NDP
Denmark: Socialist People's Party
France: French Communist Party/Left Party
Germany: The Left
Greece: SYRIZA
Ireland: Sinn Fein
Mexico: Party of the Democratic Revolution
Netherlands: Socialist Party
New Zealand: Green Party
Norway: Socialist Left Party
Sweden: Left Party
United Kingdom: Respect Party
United States: Green Party
   Vermont: Vermont Progressive Party
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« Reply #135 on: May 01, 2013, 08:26:11 AM »
« Edited: May 01, 2013, 08:28:30 AM by politicus »

Australia: Green
Canada:
   Alberta: I'm actually a member of the PC's, although that's largely because in my riding the choice is essentially between PC and Wildrose.  Would vote NDP if in Edmonton.
   British Columbia: NDP
   New Brunswick: NDP
   Newfoundland and Labrador: NDP
   Nova Scotia: NDP
   Ontario: NDP
   Prince Edward Island: Liberal
   Quebec: Quebec Solidaire
   Saskatchewan: NDP
Denmark: Socialist People's Party
France: French Communist Party/Left Party
Germany: The Left
Greece: SYRIZA
Ireland: Sinn Fein
Mexico: Party of the Democratic Revolution
Netherlands: Socialist Party
New Zealand: Green Party
Norway: Socialist Left Party
Sweden: Left Party
United Kingdom: Respect Party
United States: Green Party
Vermont: Vermont Progressive Party

Hi Njall, welcome to the forum!
If you are prepared to go as far left as to vote Linke in Germany and Syriza in Greece you would likely vote Red-Green Alliance in Denmark, its a bit less radical than those two.

Anyway, why Liberal in PEI? Dont they have an NDP? What about Manitoba, would you also vote NDP there?
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« Reply #136 on: May 01, 2013, 10:13:37 AM »

Australia: Green
Canada:
   Alberta: I'm actually a member of the PC's, although that's largely because in my riding the choice is essentially between PC and Wildrose.  Would vote NDP if in Edmonton.
   British Columbia: NDP
   New Brunswick: NDP
   Newfoundland and Labrador: NDP
   Nova Scotia: NDP
   Ontario: NDP
   Prince Edward Island: Liberal
   Quebec: Quebec Solidaire
   Saskatchewan: NDP
Denmark: Socialist People's Party
France: French Communist Party/Left Party
Germany: The Left
Greece: SYRIZA
Ireland: Sinn Fein
Mexico: Party of the Democratic Revolution
Netherlands: Socialist Party
New Zealand: Green Party
Norway: Socialist Left Party
Sweden: Left Party
United Kingdom: Respect Party
United States: Green Party
Vermont: Vermont Progressive Party

Hi Njall, welcome to the forum!
If you are prepared to go as far left as to vote Linke in Germany and Syriza in Greece you would likely vote Red-Green Alliance in Denmark, its a bit less radical than those two.

Anyway, why Liberal in PEI? Dont they have an NDP? What about Manitoba, would you also vote NDP there?

PEI NDP is practically non-existent.
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« Reply #137 on: May 01, 2013, 12:17:54 PM »

Australia: Green
Canada:
   Alberta: I'm actually a member of the PC's, although that's largely because in my riding the choice is essentially between PC and Wildrose.  Would vote NDP if in Edmonton.
   British Columbia: NDP
   New Brunswick: NDP
   Newfoundland and Labrador: NDP
   Nova Scotia: NDP
   Ontario: NDP
   Prince Edward Island: Liberal
   Quebec: Quebec Solidaire
   Saskatchewan: NDP
Denmark: Socialist People's Party
France: French Communist Party/Left Party
Germany: The Left
Greece: SYRIZA
Ireland: Sinn Fein
Mexico: Party of the Democratic Revolution
Netherlands: Socialist Party
New Zealand: Green Party
Norway: Socialist Left Party
Sweden: Left Party
United Kingdom: Respect Party
United States: Green Party
Vermont: Vermont Progressive Party

Hi Njall, welcome to the forum!
If you are prepared to go as far left as to vote Linke in Germany and Syriza in Greece you would likely vote Red-Green Alliance in Denmark, its a bit less radical than those two.

Anyway, why Liberal in PEI? Dont they have an NDP? What about Manitoba, would you also vote NDP there?

I definitely understand his choices Politicus: leftist, but preference to the non-autoritarian and transigent ones. So, a hard scene in Germany and a more diverse situation in Denmark. Also, it's pretty clear from this POV, that a existent and trustable centrist or center-left party is preferable to a nonexistent leftist one.
I am more puzzled with the option for the US Greens, under this logic.
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« Reply #138 on: May 02, 2013, 03:28:32 AM »
« Edited: May 02, 2013, 03:32:56 AM by politicus »

Australia: Green
Canada:
   Alberta: I'm actually a member of the PC's, although that's largely because in my riding the choice is essentially between PC and Wildrose.  Would vote NDP if in Edmonton.
   British Columbia: NDP
   New Brunswick: NDP
   Newfoundland and Labrador: NDP
   Nova Scotia: NDP
   Ontario: NDP
   Prince Edward Island: Liberal
   Quebec: Quebec Solidaire
   Saskatchewan: NDP
Denmark: Socialist People's Party
France: French Communist Party/Left Party
Germany: The Left
Greece: SYRIZA
Ireland: Sinn Fein
Mexico: Party of the Democratic Revolution
Netherlands: Socialist Party
New Zealand: Green Party
Norway: Socialist Left Party
Sweden: Left Party
United Kingdom: Respect Party
United States: Green Party
Vermont: Vermont Progressive Party

Hi Njall, welcome to the forum!
If you are prepared to go as far left as to vote Linke in Germany and Syriza in Greece you would likely vote Red-Green Alliance in Denmark, its a bit less radical than those two.

Anyway, why Liberal in PEI? Dont they have an NDP? What about Manitoba, would you also vote NDP there?

I definitely understand his choices Politicus: leftist, but preference to the non-autoritarian and transigent ones. So, a hard scene in Germany and a more diverse situation in Denmark. Also, it's pretty clear from this POV, that a existent and trustable centrist or center-left party is preferable to a nonexistent leftist one.
I am more puzzled with the option for the US Greens, under this logic.

Well, thats the second indirect answer from someone else than Njall. It was really just a question/comment to him.

But nevermind: The French Commies are hardly non-authoritarian and Linke have their authoritarians as well. In Germany the Greens would be an obvious option as an "existent and trustable centrist or center-left party" if thats what he is going for.
I am not sure what you mean by a "nonexistent" leftist party. How can those parties be nonexistent?
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« Reply #139 on: May 02, 2013, 04:25:40 AM »

Australia: Liberal
Canada: Conservative
Chilie: IDU
Denmark: Venstre
Finland: National Coalition
France: UMP
Germany: FDP
Greece: New Democracy
Italy: Future and Freedom
Netherlands: Party for Freedom (Less the immigration stances)
New Zealand: National (Although PV'd ACT in 2012)
Norway: Conservative
Portugal: PSD
Spain: People's Party
Sweden: Liberal People's Party
Switzerland: FDP.The Liberals
United Kingdom: UKIP
United States: Republican

I am a little disturbed at the number of people saying they would vote for NZ First for the NZ election. Wink
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« Reply #140 on: May 02, 2013, 01:54:03 PM »


Well, thats the second indirect answer from someone else than Njall. It was really just a question/comment to him.
 

And that was a smart way to subvert yours and ask mine, about the US Greens.

But nevermind: The French Commies are hardly non-authoritarian and Linke have their authoritarians as well. In Germany the Greens would be an obvious option as an "existent and trustable centrist or center-left party" if thats what he is going for.
I am not sure what you mean by a "nonexistent" leftist party. How can those parties be nonexistent?

I wouldn't call the PCF authoritarian, strictily. More on arrogant douchebags, but I can't see them dismantling the whole French republican sistem. On Die Linke, that's exactly what I've said. I must have a real bad problem on communicating using the english language, once, time after time, some people use something I've said to contradict me. Whatever.

But nevermind: The French Commies are hardly non-authoritarian and Linke have their authoritarians as well. In Germany the Greens would be an obvious option as an "existent and trustable centrist or center-left party" if thats what he is going for.
I am not sure what you mean by a "nonexistent" leftist party. How can those parties be nonexistent?

And maybe your nice very functional danish political sistem may make you not see it, but what doesn't lack in the rest of the world are non-existing parties which pretend to exist. The PEI NDP or, here, Marina Silva's movement or PT-PB, like lots of parties and local party branches everywhere doesn't really exist out of paper.
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« Reply #141 on: May 02, 2013, 02:24:02 PM »
« Edited: May 02, 2013, 03:41:21 PM by politicus »

Well, your English is pretty crappy, but I doubt that was the problem, more the holes in your line of reasoning.

Neither the German Greens nor the Danish Red-Green Alliance are nonexistent parties, so it didn't make sense in the context. Red-Green Alliance is anti-authoritarian, so its not relevant to dismiss them with some bogus reference to authoritarianism and then mentioning parties with far more authoritarian tendencies like PCF.

Anyway, don't use replies to "subvert" other posters. No reason to be a douchebag.

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« Reply #142 on: May 02, 2013, 03:43:17 PM »

Well, your English is pretty crappy, but I doubt that was the problem, more the holes in your line of reasoning.



Well, on my English language skills, there's nothing I can do but trying to improve It. Don't be shy to point out any obscurity on my writing.
But I claim not to have any hole on my reasoning line, if this is the problem.


Neither the German Greens nor the Danish Red-Green Alliance are nonexistent parties, so it didn't make sense in the context. Red-Green Alliance is anti-authoritarian, so its not relevant to dismiss them with some crap reference to authoritarianism and then mentioning parties with far more authoritarian tendencies like PCF.

The German Greens are far from being trustable from a leftist point of view. They're quite centrist - not that I would really have a problem with that, at this point of my life. But at a certain point, I would definitely swallow my distrust on Die Linke GDR associations and vote for them (specially after Hartz IV) which I think is the option of the poster on whose choices we were commenting.

And I really think SPP was a very bona fide democratic socialist option before the current Danish government, while Enhnedslisten (I hope my Danish is still good enough not to misspell) bears the heritage of the DKP, mixed with those trotsy rants that make any reasonable person ran away. They seem to be working on it, and I can expect they become a Danish PT, but, being a national, you now much better than I that the Danish party system is on some point of transition - to nobody really knows where. Nevertheless, I'm failing to see where did I call them authoritarian; please, avoid putting words on my keyboard.

So, from the point of view I've read from Njall, his options make lots of sense. Except for the US Greens Wink .


Anyway, don't use replies to "subvert" other posters. No reason to be a douchebag.


Oh, sorry. Being provocative douchebags is just a Brazilian thing, specially with easily bellicificating acquitances. That's one of the way we make friends.
The other is being ironic douchebags. But never arrogant douchebags. If I ever be an arrogant douchebag with you, feel very free to complain.
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« Reply #143 on: May 02, 2013, 05:03:49 PM »
« Edited: May 04, 2013, 12:15:15 AM by batmacumba »

Well, after this, I think I need to do one of these:

USA: Democrat
  Vermont: Progressive
UK:
  England: Labour
  N.I.: I can do nothing, good English people. I'll die an anti-colonialist.
  Scotland: SNP
  Wales: Plaid
Germany: eenie meenie miney mo between the left and center-left parties.
Israel: Meretz
Canada: NDP (QS)
Australia: Green
Denmark: SPP (Probably Red-Green at this point)
Italy: No one with a definitive choice in Italy is acting wisely
Russia: A Fair Russia (I know they're probably tools, but I trust in the Russian real opposition as much as I trust in Putin).
France: FASE, Les Alternatifs (I know they're both non-existent parties; I could support a non-dumb centrist)
Austria: Green
Ireland: eenie meenie miney mo between the extreme-lefts
Spain: IU if in Castilla. Any regional leftist otherwise. (is equo a national party?)
Portugal: loooooooog breath... Closed eyes... Open them... Gaze down... PS
Greece: DIMAR
Flandres: let me do this awful comparision (no ofense intended): there is this interesting and beautiful transvestite in the room and all the women are boring, dumb and ugly. Certainly one of them is a very good person, but I reserve myself the right to not have sex. The female sexual organ is a sine qua non condition for me. Being an interesting person too. Yet, I support her right to emancipation.
Wallonie: PS
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« Reply #144 on: May 03, 2013, 12:22:16 AM »

Australia: Green
Canada:
   Alberta: I'm actually a member of the PC's, although that's largely because in my riding the choice is essentially between PC and Wildrose.  Would vote NDP if in Edmonton.
   British Columbia: NDP
   New Brunswick: NDP
   Newfoundland and Labrador: NDP
   Nova Scotia: NDP
   Ontario: NDP
   Prince Edward Island: Liberal
   Quebec: Quebec Solidaire
   Saskatchewan: NDP
Denmark: Socialist People's Party
France: French Communist Party/Left Party
Germany: The Left
Greece: SYRIZA
Ireland: Sinn Fein
Mexico: Party of the Democratic Revolution
Netherlands: Socialist Party
New Zealand: Green Party
Norway: Socialist Left Party
Sweden: Left Party
United Kingdom: Respect Party
United States: Green Party
Vermont: Vermont Progressive Party

Hi Njall, welcome to the forum!
If you are prepared to go as far left as to vote Linke in Germany and Syriza in Greece you would likely vote Red-Green Alliance in Denmark, its a bit less radical than those two.

Anyway, why Liberal in PEI? Dont they have an NDP? What about Manitoba, would you also vote NDP there?

Hi politicus, thanks, and my apologies for my slight lateness in getting back to you, for some reason I didn't see this yesterday.

Anyways, with regard to your question about the Danish parties, it's likely that my view of the Danish political system would differ if I lived there and was eligible to vote, but for the purposes of this list I had to rely on what I had read about it.  While I knew that I would position myself to the left of the Social Democrats, I had quite a little debate inside my head as to whether the Socialist People's Party or the Red-Green Alliance would be a better fit.  Somewhat like what batmacumba said, I found that the SPP had their roots as a democratic socialist party.  And while I broadly define myself as a leftist, democratic socialism has a bit more of an appeal compared to communism (although I am certainly receptive to communist ideals and principles), so I ended up putting the SPP down here.  That said, I would definitely have a tough choice between the SPP and Enhnedslisten during the next election.

As for the Canadian questions, I put Liberal for PEI because, as DC Al Fine said, the NDP doesn't really exist in PEI, having received only about 3% of the vote in the last election.  This leaves the Liberals and the PC's, and the former is certainly the more appealing option of the two.  In Manitoba, yes, I would vote NDP.  The province just sort of slipped my mind when I was making the list Tongue  With Canadian politics in general, I'm drawn to the most left-most of the viable parties.  So federally, and in most provinces, that means the NDP, although that could vary depending on which riding I would be residing in.  For instance, as I stated above, I am a member of the board of directors for my local Alberta PC riding association, a position that I took up after getting involved with the local PC's during the last election.  As you probably know, in most of Alberta outside of Edmonton and certain parts of central and northeast Calgary, the NDP's and the Liberals really don't stand a chance at the present time.  So that left me with a choice between the (relatively) moderate PC's, or the untrustworthy, opportunistic, right-wing Wildrose Party.

So, from the point of view I've read from Njall, his options make lots of sense. Except for the US Greens Wink .

I put the Greens, in part, as a sort of idealistic hope for the eventual erosion of the two-party system in the US Tongue Of course, if I were to move back to the States, chances are that I'd vote as the true-blue, Seattle-born Democrat that I am.
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« Reply #145 on: May 03, 2013, 08:03:24 AM »

France: FASE, Les Alternatifs (I know they're both non-existent parties; I could support a non-dumb centrist)

So you'd vote for the FG. The FASE and Alternatifs don't run separately from the FG anymore besides in a few local elections or some dissidents.

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« Reply #146 on: May 04, 2013, 12:18:32 AM »

France: FASE, Les Alternatifs (I know they're both non-existent parties; I could support a non-dumb centrist)

So you'd vote for the FG. The FASE and Alternatifs don't run separately from the FG anymore besides in a few local elections or some dissidents.



That's a front, not a party. Or am I that wrong about the French political system? I have my qualms with the PCF and I gave up the PG after Melenchon's comments on Breton language issues.
Anyway, what would you say about the MdC? Too much authoritarian tendencies, or something?

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« Reply #147 on: May 04, 2013, 05:03:07 AM »
« Edited: May 04, 2013, 10:13:38 AM by Velasco »

Well, after this, I think I need to do one of these:

 Spain: IU if in Castilla. Any regional leftist otherwise. (is equo a national party?)


Well, there is more than Castile in what's the rest of Spain (I mean, outside our 'historical nationalities': Catalonia, Basque Country and Galicia). I guess that Equo is a 'national' party, though it didn't run lists in Catalonia because Iniciativa per Catalunya-Verds is its 'sister' party, member of the European Greens. In  the Valencian region (País Valencià or Comunidad Valenciana) they made a coalition with Compromís (a mix Valencian nationalists, former IU members and greenies) and in the German colony known as Balearic Islands with the Partit Socialista de Mallorca-Entesa Nacionalista. Also Equo went with some small local parties in the Western Canaries.

My two cents:

USA: Democrat by default.
England: Labour for the same reason, as well in Wales and Scotland.
Northern Ireland: Though choice. Maybe the moderate hero option: the SDLP or even the Alliance, or even a pure and beautiful blank ballot.
Ireland: Labour?
Germany: The Greens, especially in Kreuzberg-Friedrichsain-Prenzlauer Berg East. In Hamburg probably SPD for state elections and in Baden-Württenberg I really don't know. In Austria Greens too.
Israel: Meretz or Hadash if I feel angry enough.
Canada: NDP by default. Blank ballot in Quebec provincial elections.
Australia: Greens first preference, Labor second.
New Zealand: Greens for the national list and probably Labour in a constituency.
Denmark: Between SPP and Red-Greens. Norway: Labour. Iceland: probably the Left Greens. Probably Greens in Sweden and Finland too.
Italy: The Vendola thing.
Russia: Anna Politskovskaya. No choice there.
France: European Greens by default.
Portugal: PS or Bloco de Esquerda if I feel angry.
Greece: Though choice between DIMAR, SYRIZA and a suitcase.
Belgium: Between Socialists and Greens in Flanders and Wallonia.
Mexico: PRD I guess.
Brazil: PT by default, in state and local elections depending on candidates.
Argentina: Broad Progressive Front?
Chile: Bachelet.
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« Reply #148 on: May 04, 2013, 09:33:03 AM »

France: FASE, Les Alternatifs (I know they're both non-existent parties; I could support a non-dumb centrist)

So you'd vote for the FG. The FASE and Alternatifs don't run separately from the FG anymore besides in a few local elections or some dissidents.



That's a front, not a party. Or am I that wrong about the French political system? I have my qualms with the PCF and I gave up the PG after Melenchon's comments on Breton language issues.
Anyway, what would you say about the MdC? Too much authoritarian tendencies, or something?

If you want to be pedantic, yes, the FG isn't an actual party - it's a quasi-permanent coalition of many parties (most of which probably have like 2 members). In electoral terms, since the FG's components almost always support one candidate (except in some local elections, or like in the 2010 regionals when the PG ran lists with the NPA in places where the PCF had allied with the PS), it is pretty much a single political party. It makes little difference if you dislike the PCF, PG and like the FASE.

The 'MDC' has been known as the MRC since 2002. I guess if you're a Eurosceptic and Jacobin left-republican, the MRC is a fine choice. But the MRC doesn't matter all that much anymore, since most of the time they ally with the PS by the first round anyhow (how do you think they win their seats?).
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« Reply #149 on: May 04, 2013, 10:01:56 AM »
« Edited: May 06, 2013, 02:24:35 PM by Emperor SJoyce »

This needs an update.



Argentina: Civic Coalition
Australia: Probably Liberal, but Shooters and Fishers when possible
Austria: Stronach (but maybe Hans-Peter Martin's List in EU Parliament elections)
Belgium: VLD or MR, depending on my language
Brazil: Uh… Democrats or PMDB.
Canada: Liberal
     Alberta: Ideally Liberal, but PC to beat Wildrose.
     Manitoba: PC
     Quebec: CAQ
     Sask: Saskatchewan Party
     Yukon: Yukon
Colombia: Colombian Liberal Party
Czech Republic: Maybe TOP 09?
Denmark: Liberal Alliance or Danish Social Liberal Party or Venstre
Egypt: Egyptian Bloc
Estonia: Estonian Reform Party
Finland: Meh, maybe Centre? Otherwise Nat'l Coalition
France: MoDem, PRG, or anything from UDI.
Germany: FDP (or Pirates)
Greece: Recreate Greece
Hungary: Together 2014 or Democratic Coalition - whichever is better positioned to beat Fidesz/Jobbik.
Iceland: Independence Party
India: Nationalist Congress Party?
Israel: Probably Yesh Atid
Italy: Civic Choice
Ireland: Fine Gael or Fianna Fáil
Japan: Democratic Party
Luxembourg: Democratic Party
Malaysia: People's Justice Party (or Gerakan, depending on which alliance I want to prop up).
Mexico: New Alliance
Netherlands: D66
New Zealand: National Party
Norway: Liberal Party
Pakistan: Muttahida Qaumi Movement
Philippines: Liberal Party
Poland: Palikot's Movement
Portugal: PLD or PSD
Russia: Yabloko, Civic Platform, maybe Right Cause
Singapore: The Reform Party (though the SDP, SPP, and SDA are all decent - really, whichever ones could beat the PAP).
South Africa: Democratic Alliance
South Korea: Democratic United Party
Spain: UPyD (assuming I'm not Catalan or Basque or Canarian or anything)
Sweden: Liberal People's Party
Switzerland: FDP
Taiwan: Taiwan Solidarity Union
Turkey: Republican People's Party
Ukraine: UDAR
UK: Liberal Democrats, maybe UKIP
     Northern Ireland: Alliance (or UKIP?)
US: Libertarian or Democratic
Venezuela: Justice First
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