Parliament of Recommendations

[Conservatopia]

However, it has emerged after the election that Abdullah, one of the leaders, greatly exceeded campaign spending limits. He therefore is exlcuded from taking a seat in this Parliament, and will have to stand trial for the violations.

   

Were my recommendations nullified?

Conservatopia [...] greatly exceeded spending limits and therefore it is a court trial and not a seat in Parliament that awaits him.

You might very well think that - I couldn't possibly comment...

All the recommendations from both of you were counted, which, incidentally, is the reason why both of your parties did very well. But I thought your prolificness might as well receive a skewering.

Hopefully your judicial system sees through these outrageous accusations and acquits us.

[NYDem]

I did this on my last 150 posts, as of late on June 3. The posts span from March 22 to June 3 of this year. I also took Abdullah's formatting for the record. I'll update with the whole House membership and maybe images at some point tomorrow.

House of Representatives

Number of Total Recommendations. 600 in total, 301 for majority.

Party leaders are those who have recommended me the most.
Party whips are those who have recommended me the second most.

Majority Party: 309 Seats

309 Seats (51.5% of the House) - Democratic Party - Led by Speaker Alex and Majority Whip ultraviolet

Minority Parties: 291 Seats

86 Seats (14.3% of the House) - Independent Party - Led by Minority Leader Abdullah and Independent Whip Horus
72 Seats (12% of the House) - Socialist Party - Led by Alfred F. Jones and Socialist Whip AverageFoodEnthusiast
47 Seats (7.8% of the House) - Republican Party - Led by S019 and Republican Whip VARepublican
38 Seats (6.3% of the House) - The "Other" Party - Led by Sprouts and "Other" Whip Southern Deputy Speaker Punxsutawney Phil
23 Seats (3.8% of the House) - Green Party - Led by khuzifenq and Green Whip Gallatine
19 Seats (3.2% of the House) - Libertarian Party - Led by lfromnj and Libertarian Whip Santander
4 Seats (0.7% of the House) - "No Avatar" Party - Led by FourEyedRick
2 Seats (0.3% of the House) - Constitution Party - Led by DTC

Senate

Number of Unique Recommenders. 195 in total, 98 for majority.

Majority Party: 101 Seats

101 Seats (51.8% of the Senate) - Democratic Party

Minority Parties: 94 Seats

27 Seats (14.0% of the Senate) - Independent Party
19 Seats (9.7% of the Senate) - Republican Party
17 Seats (8.7% of the Senate) - Socialist Party
15 Seats (7.7% of the Senate) - The "Other" Party
6 Seats (3.1% of the Senate) - Green Party
6 Seats (3.1% of the Senate) - Libertarian Party
3 Seats (1.5% of the Senate) - "No Avatar" Party
1 Seat (0.5% of the Senate) - Constitution Party

[beesley]

Quick questions: is there any way I can do this without manually going through all my posts? And I'm correct in thinking this is those who've recommended you, not your recommendations of others?

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Quick questions: is there any way I can do this without manually going through all my posts? And I'm correct in thinking this is those who've recommended you, not your recommendations of others?

You are correct on both counts. There is no requirement to go through ALL of your posts. You could go through your past 150, 200, 50, 500, whatever floats your boat. And yes, this is recommendeds received, not recommendeds given.

[beesley]

Quick questions: is there any way I can do this without manually going through all my posts? And I'm correct in thinking this is those who've recommended you, not your recommendations of others?

You are correct on both counts. There is no requirement to go through ALL of your posts. You could go through your past 150, 200, 50, 500, whatever floats your boat. And yes, this is recommendeds received, not recommendeds given.

Thanks!

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Quick questions: is there any way I can do this without manually going through all my posts? And I'm correct in thinking this is those who've recommended you, not your recommendations of others?

You are correct on both counts. There is no requirement to go through ALL of your posts. You could go through your past 150, 200, 50, 500, whatever floats your boat. And yes, this is recommendeds received, not recommendeds given.

Thanks!

You're welcome!

[West_Midlander]

House of Delegates
42 seats, 21 for a majority
AMP: 20 (-5)
DEM: 7 (-2)
REP: 5 (-7)
PCF: 4 (-8)
SOC: 2 (new)
MGP: 1 (-2)
LBT: 1 (-1)
Independents: 2 (-4)

Senate
19 seats, 10 seats for a majority
DEM: 6 (-1)
PCF: 4 (+4)
REP: 2 (+2)
SOC: 2 (new)
AMP: 1 (+1)
MGP: 1 (+0)
LBT: 1 (-1)
Independents: 2 (-4)

Party Key:

Abdullah's Midlandian Party-AMP: Pro-Abdullah 'personality cult' following Abdullah's ideology

The Populist-Conservative Front is a political party formed out of the remnants of The LT Coalition. LT saw a massive decrease in popularity in Midland due to personal scandals so the current Senate Majority Leader joined forces with unaligned populists and cultural conservatives to form the PCF.

Midland Green Party-MGP: Fmr. Party Leader khuzifenq left the Greens. The party is now led by political newcomer, Third way for 2022.

The Democrats-DEM: Political novice (in Midland), ultraviolet, led The Midland Democrats to gain ground in the country as the party became The Official Opposition.

The Republicans-REP: Generic center-right to right-wing big-tent party. Senator & Fmr. PM Cao became the party's leader in the Senate as Conservatopia continued to lead in the House.

The Libertarian Party-LBT: Generic-libertarian party, dominated by its right-libertarian faction

The Socialist Party-SOC: The Socialist Party of Midland rose as The Sunrise Party fell. The party is led in the House by SWE and by AverageFoodEnthusiast in the Senate.

News:

The size of the Midland House shrank dramatically in the face of economic recession, emigration, voter apathy, and decreased voter turnout. Experts also estimate that a large number of the populace did not complete the census due to apathy. The resounding victory for the government, at the polls, led some international observers to question the legitimacy of the results. Despite worsening conditions in Midland, PM Abdullah almost won an outright majority. Though, the government has not curbed free speech, the media, or public demonstration. Strangely, though, the country has been recently blanketed in wordless, propaganda-like posters featuring 2020 American presidential candidate Wayne Messam.

The Senate also decreased in size considerably. The United Populists of Midland Senate coalition broke down as the composing parties ran their candidates separately. The government weakened the power of the Senate during the previous administration making it akin to the British House of Lords. The government is considering making the country unicameral after the next election.

The government endorsed candidates from various political affiliations in eighteen of the country's 19 Senate contests. Oddly, the government chose to only contest PM Abdullah's constituency in the Senate elections. This decision was frequently criticized as being overly cautious. The government received write-in votes in most districts that they did not contest but not enough to win any additional seats.

After the elections, Senate Majority LT stepped down from leadership (but remained in the Senate) and his party formed a grand coalition (led by the Democrats) for control of the Senate. In the House, the government resolved to form an aid-and-supply agreement with the chamber's two Independents, allowing PM Abdullah another term.

Notable congressmen not mentioned thus far:

John Dule, longtime Libertarian congressman
Tack, Democratic Senator
LVScreenssuck, Democratic Senator
BRTD, Senate Majority Whip
Cory, Democratic Delegate
Big Abraham, PCF Senator
L.D. Smith, PCF Senator
beesley, Leader of the PCF in the Senate

[West_Midlander]

The Congress of Midland aka The House of Delegates
36/70 seats for a majority
Abdullah's Midland Party: 28 (+8)
Republican: 14 (+9)
Populist-Conservative Front: 9 (+5)
Independent Democrats: 8 (new)
Spark's Party: 3 (new)
The Beesley Coalition: 2 (new)
Democratic: 1 (-6)
Midland Green Party: 1
Independents: 4 (+2)

Party Key:

Parties named after individuals: Pro-party leader "personality cults" following that person's ideology

The Populist-Conservative Front is now led by Thunder98 and the party deputy is Christian Man. The party lacks a very unified platform, providing a home for cultural conservatives and unaligned populists. Delegates Laki and BigAbraham are left-wing members of the party.

Midland Green Party: The Midland Green Party leadership continued to change hands with Lourdes taking control of the party.

The Democrats: Nine candidates were tied for the leadership of the Democratic Party against party leader ultraviolet. When subsequent rounds failed to produce a majority for any one candidate, ultraviolet opted to cancel the leadership election and to stay in power. The 8 Democrats who also ran for the leadership left the party to become Independent Democrats. The 8 Independent Democrats are Ferguson97, Fubart Solman, here2view, darklordoftech, Western Democrat, SnowLabrador, Illiniwek, and HenryWallaceVP.

The Republicans: Generic center-right to right-wing big-tent party with a populist faction. Political newcomer Tar Heel Gentleman leads the party with Conservatopia, the party's former leader, serving as party deputy. Ghost_white, MT Treasurer, GregTheGreat, DeadPrez, and Girlytree were elected to the House.

Independents: elected Independents to the House of Delegates include Horus, Sprouts, SN, and Mimoha.

News:

The government succeeded in making the country unicameral.

In the face of a Midland that was seemingly a majority-party system (at least in the last election), many incumbent politicians retired from office. However, newcomers ran to take their place.

Turnout dramatically exceeded the previous election and the media in Midland held a consensus that "The Government's Gambit," as it was called, could have gone worse but didn't deliver as the Prime Minister expected. The government was easily able to form a majority with the Republicans, though.

The government actually lost support since the last election, having fallen just short of an outright majority in the last election (with around 48% of seats) to winning just 40% of seats in this election. The continued electoral success of populists and conservatives, in general, in Midland provided the government with a large base of allies in Congress. TGH is Deputy Prime Minister and Thunder98 is the Leader of the Opposition.

[Хahar 🤔]

So far in August I've made 58 posts, which have gotten a total of 163 recommendations from 76 different users.

By recommendations:
Democratic: 51 (31%), top recommender khuzifenq
Socialist: 34 (21%), top recommender General Mung Beans
Republican: 21 (13%), top recommender Averroës Nix
Green: 4 (2%), top recommender Gallatine
Libertarian: 2 (1%), top recommender Santander
Independent: 25 (15%), top recommender Abdullah
Other 24 (15%), top recommender Realpolitik
No avatar: 2 (1%), top recommender GM3PRP/oakvale

By users:
Democratic: 28 (37%)
Socialist: 12 (16%)
Republican: 12 (16%)
Green: 3 (4%)
Libertarian: 1 (1%)
Independent: 10 (13%)
Other 8 (11%)
No avatar: 2 (3%)

Democrats and Socialists form a slim majority. In general the numbers are remarkably unchanged from the last time I did this back in February.

[beaver2.0]

Makeup of the Second Beaverian Republic following the August 2021 Legislative Assembly elections

House of Deputies
Democrats (lead by Achilleus Obama-Biden) - 45 seats (39.13%)
Independents (no leader) - 25 seats (21.74%)
Republicans (lead by Medard Nixon) - 16 seats (13.91%)
Other parties (various leaders) - 12 seats (10.43%)
Socialists (co-lead by Philip Boric and Alvin Bullard)  - 10 seats (8.70%)
Libertarians (lead by Murray Damocles) - 4 seats (3.48%)
Greens (lead by Dmitri Donner-Raleigh) - 3 seats (2.61%)

In the first election after the independence of the former British colony of Beaveria, Achillius Obama-Biden, the scion of not one but two major political dynasties, became Prime Minister.  His Democratic party received just over a third of the seats in Beaveria and Obama-Biden led a minority government with the support of many independent Deputies.



Beaverian Senate
Democrats (lead by Leo Cooper) - 27 seats (36.99%)
Independents (no leader) - 20 seats (27.40%)
Republicans (lead by Solomon Thomas) - 9 seats (12.33%)
Other parties (various leaders) - 8 seats (10.96%)
Socialists (co-lead by Peter H. Ross and Emilina Nathanson)  - 4 seats (5.48%)
Greens (lead by John Pickup) - 3 seats (4.11%)
Libertarians (lead by Bart Deadman) - 2 seats (2.74%)

Similarly, the Democrats came out on top in the Senate.  Senator Leo Cooper's minority government was propped up by both independents and centrist Republican Solomon Thomas.


(Maybe I will expand this with more details on Others/Independents, but honestly I'm not sure I know enough about these people)

[Drew]

Drewtopia's Inaugural Parliamentary Election

Methodology: I went back and looked at recommendations on the posts that I've made in the past year.  The poster with the greatest number of recommendations within their respective party was named that party's leader.  The tiebreaker for the aforementioned criteria was overall post count.  I went strictly by users' current avatar colors and did not take into account their actual ideology based on the content of their posts.

Summary of Results: Democrats fall just short of a majority and will form a coalition with the Socialists and Greens, forming a left of center governing coalition led by Prime Minister Secretary of State Liberal Hack.  The opposing coalition will be a center-right alliance between Republicans, Independents, and others, led by Opposition Leader Illiberal Progressive. 

2021 election results to the House Of Drew (71 seats)

Governing coalition: Drewtopians for Progress (41 seats)
Democrats (35) - Led by Secretary of State Liberal Hack (Singapore)
Socialists (3) - Led by SR GARBIEL BORIC (Massachusetts)
Greens (3) - Led by Mr. Kanye West (Los Angeles)

Opposition Coalition: A New Way For Drew (30 seats)
Independents (11) - Led by Illiberal Progressive (Florida)
The O Bros (7) - Led by Southern Delegate Punxsutawney Phil ("PR")
Republicans (5) - Led by C/K/N/B/W voter for Youngkin (Virginia)
Anti-Avatar Alliance (AAA) (4) - Led by SATW (Undisclosed location)
Constitution (2) - Rubio-Crist voter (Georgia)
Libertarian (1) - dead0man (Nebraska)

[_.]

Makeup of the Second Beaverian Republic following the August 2021 Legislative Assembly elections

House of Deputies
Democrats (lead by Achilleus Obama-Biden) - 45 seats (39.13%)
Independents (no leader) - 25 seats (21.74%)
Republicans (lead by Medard Nixon) - 16 seats (13.91%)
Other parties (various leaders) - 12 seats (10.43%)
Socialists (co-lead by Philip Boric and Alvin Bullard)  - 10 seats (8.70%)
Libertarians (lead by Murray Damocles) - 4 seats (3.48%)
Greens (lead by Dmitri Donner-Raleigh) - 3 seats (2.61%)

In the first election after the independence of the former British colony of Beaveria, Achillius Obama-Biden, the scion of not one but two major political dynasties, became Prime Minister.  His Democratic party received just over a third of the seats in Beaveria and Obama-Biden led a minority government with the support of many independent Deputies.



Beaverian Senate
Democrats (lead by Leo Cooper) - 27 seats (36.99%)
Independents (no leader) - 20 seats (27.40%)
Republicans (lead by Solomon Thomas) - 9 seats (12.33%)
Other parties (various leaders) - 8 seats (10.96%)
Socialists (co-lead by Peter H. Ross and Emilina Nathanson)  - 4 seats (5.48%)
Greens (lead by John Pickup) - 3 seats (4.11%)
Libertarians (lead by Bart Deadman) - 2 seats (2.74%)

Similarly, the Democrats came out on top in the Senate.  Senator Leo Cooper's minority government was propped up by both independents and centrist Republican Solomon Thomas.


(Maybe I will expand this with more details on Others/Independents, but honestly I'm not sure I know enough about these people)

I think it's time to change that, don't you all agree? 

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

I have decided for no particular reason [it has totally nothing to do at all with Nathan returning to maroon after a brief period in orange and Antonio V just coming back from his half-year hiatus] that it is time for a new Parliament of Recommendations.

This time covering 175 posts or almost one month and a half because I wanted to go big. There may be some important changes on the horizon...

From now on I have also decided to assign all parliamentary leaders purely through personal considerations and to insert even more twists in the story.

Battista Minola's 5th Parliament - August 2021

Battista Minola's Senate:

Democratic - 36 (31.6%) - ▼12 (▼8.4%) Leader: Alcibiades
Independent - 17 (14.9%) - ▲3 (▲3.2%) Leader: Scott
Socialist - 17 (14.9%) - (--) (▲0.8%) Leader: discovolante
Other - 16 (14.1%) - ▲2 (▲2.4%) Leader: Cath
Republican - 14 (12.3%) - (--) (▲0.6%) Leader: Averroës Nix
Green - 7 (6.1%) - ▲1 (▲1.1%) Leader: Donerail
Libertarian - 3 (2.6%) - (--) (▲0.1%) Leader: John Dule
No avatar - 3 (2.6%) - (--) (▲0.1%) Leader: WMS
Constitution - 1 (0.9%) - (--) (▲0.1%) Leader: Cassius

Total seats - 114 [▼6]

Battista Minola's Chamber of Deputies:

Democratic - 102 (30.1%) - ▼49 (▼6.2%) Leader: KaiserDave
Other - 71 (20.9%) - ▲21 (▲8.9%) Leader: beesley & Fubart Solman
Socialist - 63 (18.6%) - ▲13 (▲6.6%) Leader: Nathan
Independent - 44 (13%) - ▼36 (▼6.2%) Leader: CraneHusband
Republican - 32 (9.4%) - ▼24 (▼4.1%) Leader: Joseph Cao
Green - 16 (4.7%) - ▲1 (▲1.1%) Leader: Astatine
Libertarian - 5 (1.5%) - ▼2 (▼0.2%) Leader: lfromnj
No avatar - 4 (1.2%) - ▼2 (▼0.3%) Leader: Georg Ebner
Constitution - 2 (0.6%) - ▲1 (▲0.4%) Leader: N/A (Cassius acts as a caretaker)

Total seats - 339 [▼77]



This election may have been a political earthquake. A certain former leader of the Independents and a certain former leader of the Republicans had their recommendations nullified this time, sorry folks were convicted for their old campaign violations, which left their respective parties half-crippled especially for Chamber elections. The Democrats, unable to turn the tide and caught in a negative feedback loop with the need for ever-larger coalitions to govern, lost another huge chunk of the vote, with the biggest problems in the Senate, where their fall ended up producing small gains for literally every other party. The main beneficiary in all of this was the Other Party, finally being able to market its message of government transparency and for a more "serious" politics, which catches a major breakthrough and becomes perhaps the first opposition party in history to reach close to an equal standing with the Democrats. The Socialists also have a reversal of fortunes, possibly caused by the recent return in politics of the vigorous long-time politician Antonio V.

The situation is now extremely complicated, as the Democrats look on the verge of losing their dominant position for good, but there is not yet a clear 'alternative government'. In the end, after some tense deliberation, the Democrats in a desperate move have gone for Democratic/Independent/Republican coalitions in both chambers. The three parties have one thing in common: benefiting from the old status quo the most at the current moment.

[_.]

-SNIP-

Sad! The Independent Party's message is so resonant, that the only way other parties can win is by false accusations and cheating!




Great job going through 175 posts though, that truly takes some dedication

[Alcibiades]

Last 100 posts:

Alcibiades House of Commons (274 seats (▲65), 138 needed for a majority)

Democratic: 117 (42.7%) — ▲16 (▼5.6%) (Leader: IBNU)
Independent: 46 (16.8%) — ▲20 (▲4.4%) (Leader: Mr. X)
Socialist: 37 (13.5%) — ▲14 (▲2.5%) (Leader: General Mung Beans)
Other: 32 (11.7%) — ▲16 (▲4.0%) (Leader: Ishan)
Republican: 19 (6.9%) — ▲4 (▼0.3%) (Leader: Conservatopia)
Green: 12 (4.4%) — ▼3 (▼2.8%) (Leader: Astatine)
Libertarian: 6 (2.2%) — (—) (▼0.7%) (Leader: Santander)
Constitution: 3 (1.1%) — ▲1 (▲0.1%) (Leader: Cassius)
No Avatar: 2 (0.7%) — ▼3 (▼1.7%) (Leader: emailking)

The second elections to the Alcibiades Parliament saw a substantial increase in the size of the House, with membership swelling to 274.

The Democrats were the undoubted ‘losers’ insofar as changes in vote share were concerned, going from a near majority to only just above 40%, as leader IBNU, a hawk from the right of the party who took over from Prime Minister TiltsAreUnderrated (who chose to stand down after only one term), dampened base turnout. However, their position as the dominant party still remains unchallenged.

The Independents had a good night, undoubtedly thanks to the shock defection of Mr. X, previously a veteran Democrat, to the party. He was quickly elevated to the leadership, and proved a more capable leader than the erratic Abdullah.

The Socialists, retaining leader General Mung Beans from last time, ran a similar campaign and saw a modest increase in their vote share as they benefitted from the decline of the Democrats.

The Others doubled their number of seats, as they refashioned themselves as an alternative for Democrats disillusioned with the party’s rightward turn. Their leader Ishan was by far the youngest of any party’s, and this evidently contrasted well in the eyes of many voters.

It was largely an election of stasis for the Republicans, as they struggled to break beyond their core conservative base. After this result, calls have grown for right-wing leader Conservatopia to step aside in favour of a more moderate colleague with broader electoral appeal, such as VAR or Averroës.

The Greens were disappointed to lose both seats and vote share as their left-wing base punished them for being the junior coalition partner to the increasingly centrist Democrats, despite the charisma of their new leader Astatine.

Libertarian leader Santander continues to enjoy a strong personal brand, but the party is increasingly becoming centred exclusively around him as more dogmatic libertarians abandon them over his perceived ideological heterodoxy. He has resisted calls for a name change or party rebranding, insisting that he is a true libertarian.

The Constitution Party remained in broadly the same place, a minor player, although leader Cassius’ flamboyant oratory occasionally caught the eye on the campaign trail.

The No Avatars slumped to last place; leader emailking had virtually zero name recognition among voters.

A Democrat-Socialist coalition was left as the obvious choice following the election after the previous Democrat-Green government lost its majority, but not without significant left-wing concessions from the Dems to ensure the Socialist membership approved it (although a notable exception is that the new government contains several hawks from both parties). King OC appointed IBNU as Prime Minister.

Key cabinet posts:
Prime Minister: IBNU
Deputy Prime Minister: General Mung Beans
Chancellor: Stuart98
Foreign Secretary: NYDem
Home Secretary: Battista Minola

Leader of the Opposition: Mr. X

[Continential]

Ishan's Parliament (131 seats; 66 seats for a majority)
Democrats 37 28.24% (Clarko95)
Independents 31 23.66% (Abdullah)
Socialist 21 16.03% (Alfred F. Jones & discovolante)
Other 17 12.98% (Dr. MB & Fubart Solman)
Republican 16 12.21% (Conservapedia)
Green 6 4.58% (Astatine & Lord Halifax)
Libertarian 3 2.29% (John Dule)
No Avatar 2 1.53% (Georg Ebner)

131 seats; 66 seats for a majority


In the First Parliamentary elections to the Parliament of Ishan, there were 131 MPs elected.

The results shocked many observers, especially due to the low Democratic votes, and with 5 parties getting above 10%, with many voters wanting multiple parties to work with each other.

The Democrats decided to form a coalition with the Socialists and the Others, and the Great Offices of States were

Prime Minister: Clarko95
Chancellor: Alfred F. Jones
Foreign Secretary: discovolante
Home Secretary: Fubart Solman

(Decided to go through 200 posts)

[Conservatopia]

-SNIP-

Sad! The Independent Party's message is so resonant, that the only way other parties can win is by false accusations and cheating!




Great job going through 175 posts though, that truly takes some dedication

Not sure about you but I'm prepared to take this case to The Hague.  We will not be silenced!

[beaver2.0]

Makeup of the Second Beavarian Republic's Second Parliament after the September 2021 Parliamentary Elections

House of Deputies (115 seats, 58 needed for majority)
Democrats (lead by Sebastian Solman) - 41 seats [-4]
Independents (no leader) - 38 seats [+13]
--Far left - 16 seats [N/A]*
--populists - 12 seats [N/A]*
--Miscellaneous Left - 9 seats [N/A]*
--Miscellaneous Right - 1 seat [N/A]*
Socialists (lead by Ali al-Bannah) - 12 seats [+2]
Republicans (lead by Medard Nixon) - 10 seats [-6]
Peoples Democrats (lead by Lupercus Turner) - 6 seats [N/A]*
Libertarians (lead by Leonard Fromme) - 4 seats [-]
Greens (Collective leadership) - 2 seats [-1]
Beaverian Solidarity (lead by Manfred Schumacher) - 1 seat [N/A]*
Alliance (lead by Michael Beaverton) - 1 seat [N/A]*

In the Beaverian Republic's second parliamentary elections, the embattled incumbent Democratic government narrowly returned to power with the backing of Miscellaneous left independents.  Though still eight seats short of a majority, the Democrats opponents were simply too divided to take power.




Beaverian Senate (73 seats, 37 needed for majority)
Democrats (lead by Roland Stuart) - 31 seats [+4]
Independents (no leader) - 18 seats [-2]
--Miscellaneous Left - 11 seats [N/A]*
--populists - 4 seats [N/A]*
--Miscellaneous Right - 2 seats [N/A]*
--Far left - 1 seat [N/A]*
Republicans (lead by Erasmus Douglass) - 10 seats [+1]
Socialists (lead by Philip Boric) - 6 seats [-2]
Peoples Democrats (lead by Cecilia Corbrera) - 4 seats [N/A]*
Greens (Collective leadership) - 2 seats [-1]
Alliance (lead by Betto Marconi ) - 1 seat [N/A]*
Libertarians (lead by Murray Damocles) - 1 seat [-1]

The structural differences of the Beaverian Senate allowed Democratic and Miscellaneous left candidates to win big.  The Democrats returned to power with a majority that was followed by a push towards reform of the Senate.

* - Prior to the September 2021 elections information on the ideology of independents and party of minor parties was not kept.

This election covers the period from 5:57pm on 9/23 to 6:25pm on 8/27 (164 posts)

[beaver2.0]

Makeup of the Second Beaverian Republic following the August 2021 Legislative Assembly elections

House of Deputies
Democrats (lead by Achilleus Obama-Biden) - 45 seats (39.13%)
Independents (no leader) - 25 seats (21.74%)
Republicans (lead by Medard Nixon) - 16 seats (13.91%)
Other parties (various leaders) - 12 seats (10.43%)
Socialists (co-lead by Philip Boric and Alvin Bullard)  - 10 seats (8.70%)
Libertarians (lead by Murray Damocles) - 4 seats (3.48%)
Greens (lead by Dmitri Donner-Raleigh) - 3 seats (2.61%)

In the first election after the independence of the former British colony of Beaveria, Achillius Obama-Biden, the scion of not one but two major political dynasties, became Prime Minister.  His Democratic party received just over a third of the seats in Beaveria and Obama-Biden led a minority government with the support of many independent Deputies.



Beaverian Senate
Democrats (lead by Leo Cooper) - 27 seats (36.99%)
Independents (no leader) - 20 seats (27.40%)
Republicans (lead by Solomon Thomas) - 9 seats (12.33%)
Other parties (various leaders) - 8 seats (10.96%)
Socialists (co-lead by Peter H. Ross and Emilina Nathanson)  - 4 seats (5.48%)
Greens (lead by John Pickup) - 3 seats (4.11%)
Libertarians (lead by Bart Deadman) - 2 seats (2.74%)

Similarly, the Democrats came out on top in the Senate.  Senator Leo Cooper's minority government was propped up by both independents and centrist Republican Solomon Thomas.


(Maybe I will expand this with more details on Others/Independents, but honestly I'm not sure I know enough about these people)

I think it's time to change that, don't you all agree? 

Wait is this why I have an absurd number of recommendations from you?

[_.]

Makeup of the Second Beavarian Republic's Second Parliament after the September 2021 Parliamentary Elections

House of Deputies (115 seats, 58 needed for majority)
Democrats (lead by Sebastian Solman) - 41 seats [-4]
Independents (no leader) - 38 seats [+13]
--Far left - 16 seats [N/A]*
--populists - 12 seats [N/A]*
--Miscellaneous Left - 9 seats [N/A]*
--Miscellaneous Right - 1 seat [N/A]*
Socialists (lead by Ali al-Bannah) - 12 seats [+2]
Republicans (lead by Medard Nixon) - 10 seats [-6]
Peoples Democrats (lead by Lupercus Turner) - 6 seats [N/A]*
Libertarians (lead by Leonard Fromme) - 4 seats [-]
Greens (Collective leadership) - 2 seats [-1]
Beaverian Solidarity (lead by Manfred Schumacher) - 1 seat [N/A]*
Alliance (lead by Michael Beaverton) - 1 seat [N/A]*

In the Beaverian Republic's second parliamentary elections, the embattled incumbent Democratic government narrowly returned to power with the backing of Miscellaneous left independents.  Though still eight seats short of a majority, the Democrats opponents were simply too divided to take power.




Beaverian Senate (73 seats, 37 needed for majority)
Democrats (lead by Roland Stuart) - 31 seats [+4]
Independents (no leader) - 18 seats [-2]
--Miscellaneous Left - 11 seats [N/A]*
--populists - 4 seats [N/A]*
--Miscellaneous Right - 2 seats [N/A]*
--Far left - 1 seat [N/A]*
Republicans (lead by Erasmus Douglass) - 10 seats [+1]
Socialists (lead by Philip Boric) - 6 seats [-2]
Peoples Democrats (lead by Cecilia Corbrera) - 4 seats [N/A]*
Greens (Collective leadership) - 2 seats [-1]
Alliance (lead by Betto Marconi ) - 1 seat [N/A]*
Libertarians (lead by Murray Damocles) - 1 seat [-1]

The structural differences of the Beaverian Senate allowed Democratic and Miscellaneous left candidates to win big.  The Democrats returned to power with a majority that was followed by a push towards reform of the Senate.

* - Prior to the September 2021 elections information on the ideology of independents and party of minor parties was not kept.

This election covers the period from 5:57pm on 9/23 to 6:25pm on 8/27 (164 posts)

Miscellaneous Left! 💪💪💪

[_.]

Wait is this why I have an absurd number of recommendations from you?

No, you just have made good posts recently
When I said that I think I attempted to go into your profile to recommend a bunch of posts but didn't meet any posts that I really wanted to, so I left it at that.
Over the past weeks though that's definitely changed

[_.]

-SNIP-

Nothing against your posts, West_Midlander, I think they're great.
But I really do find it odd how you made me choose to align with the Republicans and Conservatives rather than the Socialists and Greens. (And this seems to be a recurring theme of sorts om this forum, where people make me out to be "right-leaning" and such, as weatherboy did a few months back)

I don't quite harbor much of the same hostility that many Atlas Dems have for Conservatives and Republicans, but if one side is gonna push for Universal Healthcare, Fighting Climate Change, and decreasing income inequality, I'd ally with them over the side that places less emphasis on these issues, even if there are some things we agree on. The economic issues and the environment will be my first priorities realistically, rather than abortion restrictions (even if I'd welcome that).

[West_Midlander]

-SNIP-

Nothing against your posts, West_Midlander, I think they're great.
But I really do find it odd how you made me choose to align with the Republicans and Conservatives rather than the Socialists and Greens. (And this seems to be a recurring theme of sorts om this forum, where people make me out to be "right-leaning" and such, as weatherboy did a few months back)

I don't quite harbor much of the same hostility that many Atlas Dems have for Conservatives and Republicans, but if one side is gonna push for Universal Healthcare, Fighting Climate Change, and decreasing income inequality, I'd ally with them over the side that places less emphasis on these issues, even if there are some things we agree on. The economic issues and the environment will be my first priorities realistically, rather than abortion restrictions (even if I'd welcome that).

I think I just assumed since you are a Federalist in Atlasia. I will try to reflect this better in the future.

[West_Midlander]

The Congress of Midland aka The House of Delegates
58/115 seats for a majority
Republican: 32 (+18)
Populist-Conservative Front: 27 (+18)
Abdullah's Midland Party: 20 (-8)
United Democrats: 19 (+11)
Tim Turner's Party: 3 (new)
Midland Green Party: 2 (+1)
The Libertarians: 1 (new)
Independents: 11 (+7)

Party Key:

Parties named after individuals: Pro-party leader "personality cults" following that person's ideology

The Populist-Conservative Front is now led by Christian Man and Thunder98 is the party deputy, with the two switching spots from the last election. Christian Man was leading in the leadership race in a landslide, according to polling among party members in Congress. Thunder98 withdrew from the leadership race and instead opted to serve as Deputy under Christian Man.
The party lacks a very unified platform, providing a home for cultural conservatives and unaligned populists. The party is mixed economically including on healthcare.
Big Abraham was re-elected and controls a small caucus within the party. Sprouts and L.D. Smith are members of the party and each controls his own caucus.
LT was also elected after a brief stint outside of Congress and controls a small caucus. The Pieman also controls a small caucus. ShadowOfTheWave and shua are also members of the party. TimTurner was aggressively courted by the PCF but leads his own party.

Midland Green Party: The Midland Green Party is led jointly by Lourdes and Farmlands.

The United Democrats: Former party leader ultraviolet narrowly lost the leadership election and became Deputy Leader under beaver2.0. TiltsAreUnderrated and Ferguson97 became the party's whip and Conference Chair, respectively. Ernest, khuzifenq, Zyzz, Angry_Weasel, SevenEleven, Utah Neolib, Pres Mike, darklordoftech, VPH, and KaiserDave are also in the House. The party was renamed to "The United Democrats," since the party's Independent Democrats reconciled with the Democratic Party before this election took place.

The Republicans is a generic center-right to right-wing big-tent party with a populist faction. Former leader Conservatopia remained in the House and continued to hold clout over his small caucus. He declined to run for the party leadership, seeing that his popularity in the party had not decreased, necessarily, but had waned in favor of newcomers.
Leader THG lost a leadership challenge badly, placing third against two major challengers. However, THG still leads a small caucus within the party.
MT Treasurer was re-elected to the House. PiT, DTC, theflyingmongoose, CELTICEMPIRE, PQG, and Averroës Nix were elected to the House. GregTheGreat was re-elected to the House and won in an upset in the party's leadership election. Newcomer Telesquare who placed a close second became the party's Deputy Leader. FuzzyBear became the party's whip and political novice LoneStarPolitics became the party's Conference Chairman. Muaddib is also a member of the party.

The Libertarians: Re-formed and led by dead0man

Independents: Horus was re-elected as an Independent and controls a small caucus of Independents. SN was also re-elected. SN often votes with the PCF, REP, or both. Nutmeg, Progressive Realist, Russian Bear, Dark Horse, Xeuma, Builder Refused, Meclazine, and LBJer are Independents.

Background

Before Abdullah announced his candidacy for Prime Minister, he suffered a blow to the head from an elderly, irate constituent. There were no weapons involved aside from this war veteran's fists and MP Abdullah had the charges dropped against this individual.

PM Abdullah focused mostly on "common sense" issues with broad popular support (e.g. real infrastructure funding) during his first term. However, those around the Prime Minister noticed a marked personality shift and a new focus on social issues for the to-be Prime Minister.

PM Abdullah alienated the left with continued remarks on abortion and other social issues including on same-sex relationships. The Prime Minister slipped on some spilled water in the Prime Minister's Residence toward the middle of his third term, leading him to focus more on the environment and expanding healthcare access. Many considered this to have brought a restoration of the Prime Minister's attitudes prior to his first election. A snap election had to be called as the Prime Minister lost the confidence of the Midland right-wing due to his renewed focus on bread-and-butter left-wing economic issues.

The Prime Minister campaigned for a fourth term on "an American-style Environmental New Deal" and universal healthcare.

Aftermath

Longtime Prime Minister Abdullah left office today following the highest turnout in Midland ever recorded. To properly represent the number of votes cast, the Congress expanded to over 100 seats for the first time ever.

The Prime Minister campaigned aggressively but he could not make up for the built-in conservative advantage in the Republic of Midland. Following his "leftward shift," as the media called it, the Prime Minister's party became the only party to suffer losses. The Prime Minister, however, will remain on as Leader of the Opposition. He says he will work closely with the Democrats moving forward and the two parties may seek to make a coalition in competitive seats for the next election.

The Midland Right won an outright majority of 59 seats including the Republicans and the PCF and 60 seats including SN. According to exit polls 45% of voters identified as conservative, 22% identified as liberals, and the remaining 33% identified as moderates.

The Midland Right was successful in making the Prime Minister, their former ally, look "too radical" or "too left-wing" for Midland (despite the fact that he had been at that point PM for three terms).

GregTheGreat became Prime Minister, serving as the first Republican to hold the office since PM Cao. PCF member Christian Man became Deputy PM. The ministry of fifteen posts is likely to have at least five seats reserved for the the PCF.

[beaver2.0]

Makeup of the Second Beavarian Republic's Second Parliament after the September 2021 Parliamentary Elections

House of Deputies (115 seats, 58 needed for majority)
Democrats (lead by Sebastian Solman) - 41 seats [-4]
Independents (no leader) - 38 seats [+13]
--Far left - 16 seats [N/A]*
--populists - 12 seats [N/A]*
--Miscellaneous Left - 9 seats [N/A]*
--Miscellaneous Right - 1 seat [N/A]*
Socialists (lead by Ali al-Bannah) - 12 seats [+2]
Republicans (lead by Medard Nixon) - 10 seats [-6]
Peoples Democrats (lead by Lupercus Turner) - 6 seats [N/A]*
Libertarians (lead by Leonard Fromme) - 4 seats [-]
Greens (Collective leadership) - 2 seats [-1]
Beaverian Solidarity (lead by Manfred Schumacher) - 1 seat [N/A]*
Alliance (lead by Michael Beaverton) - 1 seat [N/A]*

In the Beaverian Republic's second parliamentary elections, the embattled incumbent Democratic government narrowly returned to power with the backing of Miscellaneous left independents.  Though still eight seats short of a majority, the Democrats opponents were simply too divided to take power.




Beaverian Senate (73 seats, 37 needed for majority)
Democrats (lead by Roland Stuart) - 31 seats [+4]
Independents (no leader) - 18 seats [-2]
--Miscellaneous Left - 11 seats [N/A]*
--populists - 4 seats [N/A]*
--Miscellaneous Right - 2 seats [N/A]*
--Far left - 1 seat [N/A]*
Republicans (lead by Erasmus Douglass) - 10 seats [+1]
Socialists (lead by Philip Boric) - 6 seats [-2]
Peoples Democrats (lead by Cecilia Corbrera) - 4 seats [N/A]*
Greens (Collective leadership) - 2 seats [-1]
Alliance (lead by Betto Marconi ) - 1 seat [N/A]*
Libertarians (lead by Murray Damocles) - 1 seat [-1]

The structural differences of the Beaverian Senate allowed Democratic and Miscellaneous left candidates to win big.  The Democrats returned to power with a majority that was followed by a push towards reform of the Senate.

* - Prior to the September 2021 elections information on the ideology of independents and party of minor parties was not kept.

This election covers the period from 5:57pm on 9/23 to 6:25pm on 8/27 (164 posts)

Miscellaneous Left! 💪💪💪

I have some very bad news for you.

I placed you in the far left category (very bad name, but that's what you get for working at night) because I thought you would be less open to working with the incumbent Democratic government.  I'll probably rename that group to anti-Establishment left in the future.