The General Political Thread

[StevenChilton]

Well, since nobody's brave enough to make a prediction, I'll say the polls will be proven wrong and PVV will be the biggest party. Wilders has no chance of becoming PM of course.

[Riddlez]

Exit polls put VVD at 31 and PVV, CDA and D66 at 19.

[joer5835]

Voter turnout is good, supposedly around 80%. We'll see if anything changes overnight.

[Duuring]

Well, since nobody's brave enough to make a prediction, I'll say the polls will be proven wrong and PVV will be the biggest party. Wilders has no chance of becoming PM of course.

Well, you seem to be wrong.

[StevenChilton]

Well, since nobody's brave enough to make a prediction, I'll say the polls will be proven wrong and PVV will be the biggest party. Wilders has no chance of becoming PM of course.

Well, you seem to be wrong.

Pretty much lol. I think the MSM are going to massively exaggerate this and claim it as a great victory against populism etc. I suspect Rutte's shift to copying PVV style rhetoric on integration and Islam during the campaign will be conveniently brushed under the carpet.

[joer5835]

It remains to be seen how much of Rutte's more far right wing ideals will stand. He'll need support from the centrist and even some centre-left parties to form a majority coalition.

[Theodin]

Always was a long shot hoping Wilders could get anywhere in NL, lol. Euroskepticism may be sweeping the continent but I wouldn't expect it from BE or NL ever.

[William]

Well this puts a dent in the push to retake Constantinople and the Holy Land. A true shame

[Edwin]

Well, he got more seats than UKIP at least. France can still kick the stool, anyway.

[MrTiki]

Well, he got more seats than UKIP at least.

That's because the Dutch use a democratic system which awards political power based on the proportion of the vote rather than a broken ass FPTP system like the UK and US.
I may not like the PVV or UKIP or the various other right wing parties, but any and all political viewpoints should be represented according to the degree that the population agree with them. If a party completely goes against it's manifesto in a coalition then it can be appropriately punished by voting for a different party without the fear that doing so will make the party that you most detest stronger.

[Theodin]

We do FPTP to
Notice us

[Conway]

We do FPTP to
Notice us

But Theodin, Papa Trudeau said 2015 was the last time we'll use FPTP!

[Rutger Müller]

letting a bunch of poor people who have made bad life choices decide a leader.... democracy is gay

[Duuring]

The percentage of the popular vote for the PVV is almost the exact same as UKIP in the United Kingdom, around 13%.

The easiest and most likely coalition, VVD-CDA-D66 still lacks 6 seats for a majority in the chamber. They'll have to invite the Christian Union, or (unlikely) some left-wing party.

Theoretically, a left-wing coalition is still possible but also quite unlikely.

[Theodin]

Holy shit that guy looks like Trudeau