2004 Democratic Primary

[Nym90]

I agree, I like the names of the districts. Keep up the good work RealPolitik!
By the way, you've moved to the US now? I'm guessing you probably haven't, and are just identifying with the state and party that you feel most at home with.

[English]

I think the Daily Mail should face charges for inciting hatred against both gays and ethnic minorities. It is the most obnoxious, poisonous, hate filled rubbish ever to grace the breakfast tables of Britain. This is the newspaper that condemned the policy of accepting jews fleeing persecution in Nazi Germany! Absolute evil.

[English]

Someone please explain why the Liberal Democrat party in Russia is so named? Since it is neither liberal or Democratic. In fact it is extremely unliberal and would probably turn Russia into a fascist dictatorship.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

It was set up by the KGB to discredit the terms liberal and democratic.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

...and endorsed the B.U.F...

[Bleeding heart conservative, HTMLdon]

Because "Fascist Dictatorship Party" doesn't give you a whole lot of votes.  I think they are disgusting but as long as they balance out the Commies, so be it.  It's really sad though when your true political alternatives to an incumbent government are Communists and Fascists.

Studying political party names of parties in other countries is very interesting.  My favorite example is the "Left" party in Denmark that is rather center-right

[Filuwaúrdjan]

I'm guessing you probably haven't, and are just identifying with the state and party that you feel most at home with.

That's it! I felt it was only fair that people knew which party I support.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

And the fascists usually votw with the government...

[English]

Because "Fascist Dictatorship Party" doesn't give you a whole lot of votes.  I think they are disgusting but as long as they balance out the Commies, so be it.  It's really sad though when your true political alternatives to an incumbent government are Communists and Fascists.

Studying political party names of parties in other countries is very interesting.  My favorite example is the "Left" party in Denmark that is rather center-right

Absolutely! Some alternative! Vote for anyone other than the incumbant party and it may be the last time you ever get to vote! Vladimir Zhiranovsky is truely a frightening prospect. Imagine him with his finger on the button?!

[English]

Yes, add treacherous to the list as well! It's not fit to wipe a certain part of the anatomy on!

[DarthKosh]

I care!
Look... redistricting can really f*** up political maps.
Example:

PA-14 is the old PA-18 with Pittsburgh added to it.
PA-18 has nothing to do with the old PA-18.

They just renumbered some of the districts.  They did this in Arizona as well.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Goodnight Alaska!

[Filuwaúrdjan]

That really confused me

[DarthKosh]

That really confused me

Mine didn't change so it didn't confuse me.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

The submarine is a good analogy... in fact Canadian politics can be summed up as:
A huge Aircraft Carrier painted red
A little fishing boat painted orange
Two submarines(one green, one blue) having just collided, have decided to weld their submarines together, although some on the blue sub' are unhappy about this and might try to swim to safety...
...And the shattered wreck of what appears to be a light blue dingy, scattered across the sea floor...

[ABD]

To be honest there were only three candidates that were serious - Clarke, Howard and Davis.  People like Michael Ancram (future Michael Lothians!) stood to try and knock David Davis out of any possible two-horse ballot for the membership.

I would have voted here on the poll for Howard but I haven't spent enough time on this site yet to work out how to click on the polling button (will do so when I get home from work tonight perhaps).

[Canadian observer]

Speaking of movies, have you seen Love actually?

I loved it

[Filuwaúrdjan]

No...but I have heard that it's an improvement on the stuff Grant usually appears in.

[Michael Z]

The Mail endorsed Oswald Mosley?!

On second thoughts, it shouldn't really surprise me...

[Bleeding heart conservative, HTMLdon]

And now Brison has defected to the Liberals... why would someone vote FOR the merger and then leave?

[Canadian observer]

And now Brison has defected to the Liberals... why would someone vote FOR the merger and then leave?

In one word: opportunism

[Canadian observer]

No...but I have heard that it's an improvement on the stuff Grant usually appears in.

Grant's not the lead actor in that movie ... Am I making a link ?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

No...but I have heard that it's an improvement on the stuff Grant usually appears in.

Grant's not the lead actor in that movie ... Am I making a link ?

Aha...

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Paul Martin has been sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Canada.

[jaichind]

For sure the system is rigged in favor of LDP.  Bascially the LDP has a lock on the rural vote and used to count on non-redisctricting to maintain a majority in the Diet based on sparse rural disctricts.  The 180 seats based in PR, redistricting, and move to single magnitute election disctrict was suppose to reform that.  It did to some extent.  Problem is that the PR system got diluted by splitting Japan into 9 zones and allocate the 180 seats based on PR within each zone.  Hence despite support in urban areas for DP, strong performances in the rural zones by the LDP led to more PR seats for the LDP than it deserved it PR was applied across Japan as a unit.  This followed by seat adjustments with Komeito Party, a LDP, ally, helped the LDP win some extra seats the constituency seats.  Hence, with a vote well less than 50% the LDP-KP surged with a majority.