Parliament of Recommendations

[West_Midlander]

The House of Commons
71/141 seats for a majority
Conservative Party of Midland: 38 (+22)
Party Leader: Mr. R
Deputy Leader: LT
Midland Popular Coalition: 32 (+23)
Party Leader: Christian Man
Deputy Leader: Laki
Republican: 26 (+18)
Party Leader: Young Texan
Deputy Leader: Cao
Socialist: 21 (+16)
Party Leader: Classic Liminal
Deputy Leader: Scott
The Democrats: 11 (-6)
Party Leader: Ray Goldfield & Utah Neolib
Deputy Leader: None
Green Party of Midland: 5 (+3)
Party Leader: Khuzifenq & ReallySuper
Deputy Leader: Lourdes
Libertarian Party of Midland: 2 (+2)
Party Leader: Conservatopia & theflyingmongoose
Deputy Leader: None
Independents/Other*: 4 (-6)
Vacant: 2

*Independents/Other Party members: Progressive Realist, Cathcon, MarkD, Anarcho-Statism, Spark (withdrew before the election but won anyway and declined to serve; special election scheduled)

Additional Party Information

The Republicans: Fmr. PM Cao (retconning his retirement, just assume everyone lives to 1000 ITTL) did not stand for election to the House but entered the race when polls showed a write-in campaign for him had enough votes to win in his constituency. A Cao comeback seemed possible, however, Young Texan emerged as a dark horse in the race. As a result, Cao refused to enter as YT had the support of 50% (but not an outright majority) of party delegates at the outset of the convention. YT won by acclamation and tapped Cao as his deputy.

GregTheGreat emerged with a small caucus in this election and agreed to serve as the party's whip.

Other party members include OSR, TheReckoning, and courts.

Midland Popular Coalition: The Midland Left Coalition saw a great rejuvenation as PM Christian Man merged his Popular Front party into the MLC, now MPC, and conservative members deserted for the Republican Party.

Christian Man was nominated by the party with 65% of delegates on the first round and Laki was elected party deputy unanimously.

Other party members include SawxDem, WB, Abdullah, MormDem, Wulfric, ZMUN, and the party's whip, Spiral.

The Democrats: Former party leader khuzifenq left the party for the Greens as the Democrats saw some losses. The party agreed to a joint leadership with no official deputy as Ray Goldfield and Utah Neolib became deadlocked at the party convention with no one able to attain a majority after more than ten votes.

Other party members include Clarko95, President Johnson, Snow Labrador, Peebs, Interlocutor, dw93, and Alben Barkley.

Conservative Party of Midland: LT, a former Popular Front member and PM, joined the Conservatives and served as Mr. R's deputy. Mr. R. had the support of about 64% of party delegates over LT who declined to stand for the leadership. Both were confirmed by acclamation. The Conservatives cooperated carefully with the Republicans in this election and did not run against each other in any race.

The Greens: Fhtagn ran as a Green candidate but switched to the Conservatives after losing the nomination with under 30% of the delegates. Really Super and khuzifenq were tied with fhtagn but both agreed to lead the party jointly and Lourdes, the longtime party leader, was tapped as Deputy.

The Socialists: The Socialists did very well in this election. Classic Liminal was the initial frontrunner until veteran politician Scott entered the race for party leader. The two were effectively tied heading into the convention. Many delegates abstained and both candidates rebuked Western Democrat who was under investigation for electoral fraud at the time of the convention. Classic Liminal won a plurality of votes at the convention, 48%, winning the nomination over Scott at 38% of delegates after AFE's supporters broke for Classic Liminal. On the previous round, the party delegates voted in a voice vote to not require a pure majority (including abstentions) and that a plurality or a majority without counting abstentions would suffice. Scott was tapped for party Deputy and AFE was tapped as party whip.

Other party members included Oppo and gerritcole. WD was expelled by the party after Classic Liminal's nomination and he was expelled by the full House after taking his seat given his indictment for electoral fraud.

The Election:

Christian Man shifted to the left and eventually joined the Midland Left, avoiding a snap election. The party also cooperated on a constitutional change to return to unicameralism. This move was strongly opposed by the Democrats since it weakened their power federally and it had the support of 50% of Midlanders with 46% opposed.

In this election, every party gained seats except the Democrats and the Libertarians re-emerged. Voter turnout increased increasing the size of the House in the pre-election census (terrible idea but it's the only way to justify a legislature changing size so much). In fact, turnout increased by about 40% from the previous election.

Christian Man lost in an upset and agreed to serve as Deputy PM again, this time under a Grand Coalition between the three largest parties under Mr. R who finally won the Prime Minister's Residence after several campaigns. Mr. R, though, said he would make significant efforts to work with the opposition parties as well. The three largest parties notably have a supermajority together.

After the election, some Democratic politicians decried the outcome citing the fact that 52% of Midlanders voted for a left-of-center party while 48% voted for a right-of-center party. Christian Man, however, accepted the election results and denounced the claim as inaccurate since he is a Christian Democrat, and not solidly on the left or right. Also, notably, if Christian Man's caucus within the MPC is counted alone it would constitute nearly 15% if he is counted for the "center," putting the right solidly ahead with a plurality.

[Vice President Christian Man]

The House of Commons
71/141 seats for a majority
Conservative Party of Midland: 38 (+22)
Party Leader: Mr. R
Deputy Leader: LT
Midland Popular Coalition: 32 (+23)
Party Leader: Christian Man
Deputy Leader: Laki
Republican: 26 (+18)
Party Leader: Young Texan
Deputy Leader: Cao
Socialist: 21 (+16)
Party Leader: Classic Liminal
Deputy Leader: Scott
The Democrats: 11 (-6)
Party Leader: Ray Goldfield & Utah Neolib
Deputy Leader: None
Green Party of Midland: 5 (+3)
Party Leader: Khuzifenq & ReallySuper
Deputy Leader: Lourdes
Libertarian Party of Midland: 2 (+2)
Party Leader: Conservatopia & theflyingmongoose
Deputy Leader: None
Independents/Other*: 4 (-6)
Vacant: 2

*Independents/Other Party members: Progressive Realist, Cathcon, MarkD, Anarcho-Statism, Spark (withdrew before the election but won anyway and declined to serve; special election scheduled)

Additional Party Information

The Republicans: Fmr. PM Cao (retconning his retirement, just assume everyone lives to 1000 ITTL) did not stand for election to the House but entered the race when polls showed a write-in campaign for him had enough votes to win in his constituency. A Cao comeback seemed possible, however, Young Texan emerged as a dark horse in the race. As a result, Cao refused to enter as YT had the support of 50% (but not an outright majority) of party delegates at the outset of the convention. YT won by acclamation and tapped Cao as his deputy.

GregTheGreat emerged with a small caucus in this election and agreed to serve as the party's whip.

Other party members include OSR, TheReckoning, and courts.

Midland Popular Coalition: The Midland Left Coalition saw a great rejuvenation as PM Christian Man merged his Popular Front party into the MLC, now MPC, and conservative members deserted for the Republican Party.

Christian Man was nominated by the party with 65% of delegates on the first round and Laki was elected party deputy unanimously.

Other party members include SawxDem, WB, Abdullah, MormDem, Wulfric, ZMUN, and the party's whip, Spiral.

The Democrats: Former party leader khuzifenq left the party for the Greens as the Democrats saw some losses. The party agreed to a joint leadership with no official deputy as Ray Goldfield and Utah Neolib became deadlocked at the party convention with no one able to attain a majority after more than ten votes.

Other party members include Clarko95, President Johnson, Snow Labrador, Peebs, Interlocutor, dw93, and Alben Barkley.

Conservative Party of Midland: LT, a former Popular Front member and PM, joined the Conservatives and served as Mr. R's deputy. Mr. R. had the support of about 64% of party delegates over LT who declined to stand for the leadership. Both were confirmed by acclamation. The Conservatives cooperated carefully with the Republicans in this election and did not run against each other in any race.

The Greens: Fhtagn ran as a Green candidate but switched to the Conservatives after losing the nomination with under 30% of the delegates. Really Super and khuzifenq were tied with fhtagn but both agreed to lead the party jointly and Lourdes, the longtime party leader, was tapped as Deputy.

The Socialists: The Socialists did very well in this election. Classic Liminal was the initial frontrunner until veteran politician Scott entered the race for party leader. The two were effectively tied heading into the convention. Many delegates abstained and both candidates rebuked Western Democrat who was under investigation for electoral fraud at the time of the convention. Classic Liminal won a plurality of votes at the convention, 48%, winning the nomination over Scott at 38% of delegates after AFE's supporters broke for Classic Liminal. On the previous round, the party delegates voted in a voice vote to not require a pure majority (including abstentions) and that a plurality or a majority without counting abstentions would suffice. Scott was tapped for party Deputy and AFE was tapped as party whip.

Other party members included Oppo and gerritcole. WD was expelled by the party after Classic Liminal's nomination and he was expelled by the full House after taking his seat given his indictment for electoral fraud.

The Election:

Christian Man shifted to the left and eventually joined the Midland Left, avoiding a snap election. The party also cooperated on a constitutional change to return to unicameralism. This move was strongly opposed by the Democrats since it weakened their power federally and it had the support of 50% of Midlanders with 46% opposed.

In this election, every party gained seats except the Democrats and the Libertarians re-emerged. Voter turnout increased increasing the size of the House in the pre-election census (terrible idea but it's the only way to justify a legislature changing size so much). In fact, turnout increased by about 40% from the previous election.

Christian Man lost in an upset and agreed to serve as Deputy PM again, this time under a Grand Coalition between the three largest parties under Mr. R who finally won the Prime Minister's Residence after several campaigns. Mr. R, though, said he would make significant efforts to work with the opposition parties as well. The three largest parties notably have a supermajority together.

After the election, some Democratic politicians decried the outcome citing the fact that 52% of Midlanders voted for a left-of-center party while 48% voted for a right-of-center party. Christian Man, however, accepted the election results and denounced the claim as inaccurate since he is a Christian Democrat, and not solidly on the left or right. Also, notably, if Christian Man's caucus within the MPC is counted alone it would constitute nearly 15% if he is counted for the "center," putting the right solidly ahead with a plurality.

Sad I lost but I like the sound of unicameralism.

[RFK 2024]

I had to read through my old posts for this, holy f*** I had lost touch with reality last year  

Some people are represented more than once.  Depends how much you "liked" my statements.

My new account:

Democrat - 22
Independent - 19
Socialist - 14
Republican - 11
Libertarian - 5
Green - 4
Constitution - 2
Other - 2

Last 80 on my old account:

Republican - 25
Other - 13
Democrat - 10
Independent - 10
Libertarian - 9
Constitution - 8
Green - 2
Socialist - 1

Might be easier to visualize with coalitions (left vs center/unknown vs right), so here you go.

New:
Left - 40
Center - 21
Right - 18

Old:
Right - 42
Center - 25
Left - 13

It seems my support has totally flipped.  I went from mostly far right talking points to support from the left.  I wouldn't say I am a leftist though, just an independent thinker sick of all the current bs.

Horseshoe theory confirmed?

[Dr. MB]

Compiled all the recommendations on my last 10 pages of posts. To be included I'm using a threshold of 2 recommendations, which totals to 438 seats.

My biggest fan was Horus, at a whopping 29 recommends. His closest competition, AFE, came in a distant second at 21.

Socialist Party (leader: AFE) - 120 seats
Social Democratic Party (leader: Khuzifenq) - 129 seats
Liberal Party (leader: Flying Mongoose) - 13 seats
Illiberal Party (leader: LouisvilleThunder) - 58 seats
Peace Party (leader: Spiral) - 29 seats
Communist Party (leader: PSOL) - 16 seats
Christian Democratic Party (leader: Christian Man) - 19 seats
Liberal Democratic Party (leader: Progressive Pessimist) - 25 seats
Evolution Party (leader: Horus) - 29 seats

I categorized mostly based on vibes. Horus unfortunately doesn't get the honor of being prime minister in this situation since I didn't really know what party to put him in.

I guess the most likely outcome would be a big coalition between the Socialists and Social Democrats. Alternatively I guess Socialist-Peace-Evolution-Communist but that doesn't make up a majority. So whichever one of Khuzifenq or AFE gets to be prime minister, congrats.



If you think you'd fit better somewhere else then let me know

edit - moved tchenka to socialist

[Brother Jonathan]

Members of the 3rd Parliament
-House of Commons-

Left Coalition- 53 Seats
     Labor- 40 Seats
        Prime Minister and Leader: KaiserDave
        Government Chief Whip: Brucejoel

     Socialist- 13 Seats
        Deputy Prime Minister and Leader: Nathan
        Party Whip and Deputy Chief Whip: Sawx

United Right- 28 Seats
     Conservatives- 23 Seats
        Leader of the Opposition: Rep. Joseph Cao
        Deputy Leader: Mr. Reactionary
        Chief Whip: Louisville Thunder

     Populist Union- 3 Seats
        Leader: GregTheGreat
        Deputy Leader: West Midlander

     Libertarians- 2 Seats
        Leader: Goldwater

Liberal- 5 Seats
        Leader: Utah Neolib

Crossbenchers- 8 Seats
        Chief Advocate: Cathcon

Once again, just under two years since my last one of these, calculated only using recommendations since then. The Left Coalition slightly expanded its majority as a percentage of the seats, from around 56.5% to 59.5%. The Populist Union and the Libertarians suffered losses, but the United Right grew overall, as the Conservatives held even in absolute terms and increased their share of seats from 20% to 25.8%. The crossbenches remained stable, while the Liberals suffered along with the other smaller parties.

[Vice President Christian Man]

Labour Party: 88
Leader: Fubart Solman

Ideology:
Progressivism


Factions:
Leftism
Pacifism
Anti-Imperialism
Anti-Zionism
Left-wing Populism
Social Democracy
Libertarian Socialism
Democratic Socialism
Communism

Political Position: Center-Left-Far-left

Atlassian Equivalent:
Peace
Labor
Hawaiian Independence

US Equivalent:
Democratic
DSA
Green
Socialist

Liberal Party: 52
Leader: President Johnson

Ideology:
Modern Liberalism
Social Liberalism

Factions:
Economic Liberalism
Liberal Hawk


Political Position: Center-Center-left


Atlassian Equivalent:
DA

US Equivalent:
Democratic

Conservative Party: 52
Leader: Forumlurker

Ideology:
Liberal Conservatism

Factions:
Neoconservatism
Social Conservatism
Rockefeller Republicanism
Paternalistic Conservatism

Political Position: Center-Left-Right Wing

Atlassian Equivalent:
Federalists
Labor

US Equivalent:
Democratic
Republican
Libertarian

MAGA Party: 22
Leader: Fuzzy Bear

Ideology:
Right-wing Populism

Factions:
Social Conservatism
National Libertarianism
Southern Nationalism
Zionism
Anti-Zionism
Authoritarianism
Conspiratorialism
Conservative Socialism
MAGA Communism

Majority: Center-Right-Far-Right
Minority:  Left-Wing-Far Left

Atlassian Equivalent:
SNP

US Equivalent:
Republican
Constitution
Libertarian

[Sorenroy]

-snip-

Based on my last 100 posts, from March 27th, 2022 to March 23rd, 2024. Change is from the previous time I did this, 34 months and 135 posts ago.

House

Number of Total Recommendations;
Party leaders (for identifiable parties) are those who have made the most recommendations. If there no recurrent recommendations, there is no party leadership;

Democratic-Socialist Coalition: 89 Seats

Democratic Party: Leader Punxsutawney Phil
   57 Seats (-27) / 36.5% of the House (-23.9%)
Socialist Party: Leader omegascarlet
   32 Seats (+14) / 20.5% of the House (+7.6%)

Scattered Minority: 67 Seats
Green Party: Co-led by khuzifenq and morgieb
   10 Seats (+4) / 6.4% of the House (+2.1%)
Republican Party: Co-led by Christian Man and Perlen vor den Schweinen
   10 Seats (+4) / 6.4% of the House (+2.1%)
Libertarian Party: Leader theflyingmongoose
   4 Seats (+4) / 2.6% of the House (+2.6%)
Conservative Party: Leader Farmlands
   1 Seat (+1) / 0.6% of the House (+0.6%)
Union Party: Leader Boobs
   1 Seat (+1) / 0.6% of the House (+0.6%)
Independents:
   23 Seats (+8) / 14.7% of the House (+4.0%)
Other Parties:
   10 Seats (+7) / 6.4% of the House (+4.3%)
No Avatar:
   8 Seats (+1) / 5.1% of the House (+0.1)

Senate

Number of Unique Recommenders;

Democratic-Socialist Coalition: 51 Seats

Democratic Party: Leader Punxsutawney Phil
   36 Seats (-18) / 38.3% of the Senate (-19.8%)
Socialist Party: Leader omegascarlet
   15 Seats (+5) / 16.0% of the Senate (+5.2%)

Scattered Minority: 43 Seats
Republican Party: Co-led by Christian Man and Perlen vor den Schweinen
   8 Seats (+2) / 8.5% of the Senate (+2.1%)
Green Party: Co-led by khuzifenq and morgieb
   5 Seats (+2) / 5.3% of the Senate (+2.1%)
Libertarian Party: Leader theflyingmongoose
   2 Seats (+2) / 2.1% of the Senate (+2.1%)
Conservative Party: Leader Farmlands
   1 Seat (+1) / 1.1% of the Senate (+1.1%)
Union Party: Leader Boobs
   1 Seat (+1) / 1.1% of the House (+1.1%)
Independents:
   15 Seats (+2) / 16.0% of the Senate (+2.0%)
Other Parties:
   6 Seats (+4) / 6.4% of the Senate (+4.2%)
No Avatar:
   5 Seats (±0) / 5.3% of the Senate (-0.1%)

While Democrats still represent the strongest plurality, the decline in their numbers mean that Democrats need to form a coalition with at least one other party/group. The two options are to form a coalition with the most Democratic-friendly independents, no avatars, and non-major party affiliated members ("Other" and "Union") or to partner with the Socialist block. Going the first direction and allying with the independents means dealing with everyone's individual personalities in order to cobble together compromises on every issue. While it might anger more moderate members of the Democratic Party, partnering with the Socialists is the only thing that makes sense from a coalition standpoint. Even if concessions need to be made, better to do it with a single entity rather than a smattering of random individuals.

First Full List of Congressmen

Format is: [PARTY] Username: # of times they recommended me;

[Dem.] President Punxsutawney Phil: 5
[Dem.] Born to Slay. Forced to Work.: 3
[Dem.] Clarko95 📚💰📈: 3
[Dem.] Lexii, harbinger of chaos and sexual anarchy: 3
[Dem.] NYDem: 3
[Dem.] 💥💥 brandon bro (he/him/his): 2
[Dem.] Badger: 2
[Dem.] brucejoel99: 2
[Dem.] Ferguson97: 2
[Dem.] Lief 🗽: 2
[Dem.] Malarkey Decider: 2
[Dem.] Mexican Wolf: 2
[Dem.] Progressive Pessimist: 2
[Dem.] Secretary of State Liberal Hack: 2
[Dem.] Atlas Force: 1
[Dem.] Electric Circus: 1
[Dem.] Eraserhead: 1
[Dem.] Frodo: 1
[Dem.] GeorgiaModerate: 1
[Dem.] GP270watch: 1
[Dem.] Hindsight was 2020: 1
[Dem.] Joe Biden 2024: 1
[Dem.] Joe Republic: 1
[Dem.] MasterJedi: 1
[Dem.] Nyvin: 1
[Dem.] prag_prog: 1
[Dem.] Pres Mike: 1
[Dem.] President Johnson: 1
[Dem.] QAnonKelly: 1
[Dem.] Sebastiansg7: 1
[Dem.] SevenEleven: 1
[Dem.] Storr: 1
[Dem.] Stuart98: 1
[Dem.] TiltsAreUnderrated: 1
[Dem.] VBM: 1
[Dem.] ηєω ƒяσηтιєя: 1

[Soc.] Since I'm the mad scientist proclaimed by myself: 8
[Soc.] FT-02 Senator A.F.E. 🇵🇸🤝🇺🇸🤝🇺🇦: 4
[Soc.] H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY: 4
[Soc.] T'Chenka: 3
[Soc.] Dr. MB: 2
[Soc.] SWE: 2
[Soc.] Antonio the Sixth: 1
[Soc.] en16620: 1
[Soc.] Epaminondas: 1
[Soc.] Galeel: 1
[Soc.] Not Me, Us: 1
[Soc.] NOVA Green: 1
[Soc.] Oppo: 1
[Soc.] Sol: 1
[Soc.] World politics is up Schmitt creek: 1

[Con.] Farmlands: 1

[Gre.] Kamala’s side hoe: 3
[Gre.] morgieb: 3
[Gre.] Lourdes: 2
[Gre.] Gallatine: 1
[Gre.] Lord Halifax: 1

[Ind.] Horus: 5
[Ind.] bagelman: 2
[Ind.] courts: 2
[Ind.] GM Team Member and Senator WB: 2
[Ind.] Nutmeg: 2
[Ind.] 2952-0-0: 1
[Ind.] Biden his time: 1
[Ind.] Dorko Julio: 1
[Ind.] LAKISYLVANIA: 1
[Ind.] Landslide Lyndon: 1
[Ind.] Mr. Smith: 1
[Ind.] Persephone: 1
[Ind.] ProudModerate2: 1
[Ind.] PSOL: 1
[Ind.] Shaula🏳️‍⚧️: 1

[Lib.] Kahane's Grave Is A Gender-Neutral Bathroom: 3
[Lib.] Santander: 1

[Oth.] CascadianIndy: 3
[Oth.] 🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸: 2
[Oth.] cherry mandarin: 2
[Oth.] Benjamin Frank: 1
[Oth.] Goldwater: 1
[Oth.] JimJamUK: 1

[Rep.] Perlen vor den Schweinen: 2
[Rep.] Vice President Christian Man: 2
[Rep.] Conservatopia: 1
[Rep.] MT Treasurer: 1
[Rep.] Real Texan Politics: 1
[Rep.] Redban: 1
[Rep.] The world will shine with light in our nightmare: 1
[Rep.] Thunder98: 1

[Uni.] Boobs: 1

No War, but the War on Christmas: 3
JM1295: 2
emailking: 1
FourEyedRick: 1
Orwell: 1