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posted by janrinok on Thursday October 27 2016, @06:55AM   Printer-friendly
from the they-had-a-dream dept.

The Pirate Party looks set for a successful outing in the coming weekend's Icelandic elections.

A poll by local newspaper Morgunblaðið and the Icelandic Social Science Research Institute of the University of Iceland reports support for the Pirate Party is running at about 22.6 per cent, a point-and-a-half ahead of the ruling Independence Party and four points clear of the Left-Greens. That's impressive support, although the party's support has fallen a couple of points since March 2015.

Iceland uses s proportional representation system so the party's current level of support will likely translate into about 15 seats in the 63-member Althingi.

That won't be not enough for Píratar, the party's Icelandic name, to take government. It's also ruled out a coalition with the Independence Party.

But earlier this year Independence split and the recently-formed splinter group Viðreisn (tr. "Regeneration") is polling at 8.8 per cent and has ruled out joining a government with any of the current coalition parties. If the Pirates can align with Viðreisn and other like-minded parties it may therefore become part of a governing coalition and win some ministries.

Four years for a party founded by geeks to take over the government is not bad.


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by fritsd on Thursday October 27 2016, @03:09PM

    by fritsd (4586) on Thursday October 27 2016, @03:09PM (#419431) Journal

    100% agreed.

    And that what you said also happens in reality is proved today 27 Oct. in this article about the Icies:

    Opposition parties find common ground [icelandtourist.is]

    In fact, politics is sometimes described as the art to make compromises. Not the art to cage-fight each other to death.

    Also, multiple parties that try to convince the voter: "vote for our party! we're fantastic! we might form a coalition with party Y or Z, but it's better if you vote for us instead of them, because ..."

    is more soothing to the voter's psyche than: "vote for our party! otherwise you support a crazy criminal who wants to destroy our country. You're not a traitor, are you?"

    Because, in the first case, a picture is drawn in the voter's head that there are multiple viable choices, ranked from best to worst, and in the second case, a picture is drawn that it's a disaster to make the wrong choice.

    I saw a picture on the Internet somewhere about the USA elections: "vote for Giant Meteor 2016! just end it already!".

    From the sounds of it, the Icies are going to need less anti-depressiva this coming winter than the Americans..

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