Italian Election Series - 1964 General Elections

[Leftbehind]

True, Antonio. But didn't want to see PSIUP fail, either.

DC at 0%. Will you let it die or create some artificial "salvation". Its pretty crazy how badly the two big ones IRL are doing here.

Who have you been voting for, if DC are at 0?

[Antonio the Sixth]

Yeah, as painful as it is for me to get rid of a party with such historical significance, I can't keep forever a party that consistently polls so low. For some reason, our resident socons have fallen in love with the monarchists instead.

[DC Al Fine]

Yeah, as painful as it is for me to get rid of a party with such historical significance, I can't keep forever a party that consistently polls so low. For some reason, our resident socons have fallen in love with the monarchists instead.

Merge them

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Yeah, as painful as it is for me to get rid of a party with such historical significance, I can't keep forever a party that consistently polls so low. For some reason, our resident socons have fallen in love with the monarchists instead.

Merge them

^

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Yeah, as painful as it is for me to get rid of a party with such historical significance, I can't keep forever a party that consistently polls so low. For some reason, our resident socons have fallen in love with the monarchists instead.

Merge them

^

[Antonio the Sixth]

I don't think DC and PDIUM could outright merge. Although there are certainly many members of DC which would fit well with the monarchists, a large wing of the party would never accept that.

Anyway, I'm closing the vote in about six hours. It seems that we have maxed up in turnout (though I'd love to be proven wrong ).

[Leftbehind]

Remarkably symmetrical.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Remarkably symmetrical.

Two more votes for PSI would make it perfect!

[Antonio the Sixth]

I'm leaving it a couple more hours, since we recently got another vote.

[Zuza]

It is not necessary to kill DC. In real history in some elections PRI and PDIUM received less than 2 % votes, but they didn't cease to exist instantly thereafter. So even after this disastrous election DC can survive as a minor, almost useless party.

[Antonio the Sixth]

It is not necessary to kill DC. In real history in some elections PRI and PDIUM received less than 2 % votes, but they didn't cease to exist instantly thereafter. So even after this disastrous election DC can survive as a minor, almost useless party.

That's true, but...

1) In a game like these, there is little purpose in keeping a party that consistently gets 0 to 1 vote. It's a source of confusion more than anything. I killed off PRI after 1946, even though it got one vote, based on this logic.

2) DC was designed to be the political powerhouse it became IRL. It probably would not have adapted to political irrelevancy as well as RL PSDI, PRI or PLI did. Furthermore, it's been ostracized from governments for a decade, making it even more irrelevant than the previously cited parties.

3) Keeping DC as a marginal party would mean that several of its most prominent members IRL, which are very interesting characters for Italian politics, would be relegated away from the spotlights. If we get rid of DC these politicians could get a major role within other parties.

Anyway, a bit more than an hour left! Hurry up if you want to vote!

[tpfkaw]

If you want to have a moderate hero party have the left of the Liberals break off, since that would presumably appeal to more forumites.