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Post by markgoodair on Sept 12, 2012 8:25:45 GMT
Do we know when the polls close?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2012 9:05:23 GMT
Hmmm... Partij voor de Dieren PvdA SP Partij voor Mens en Spirit (?) GroenLinks ... VVD is at the bottom. I imagine I'd be in either the SP or GL in the Netherlands, but almost certainly not the PvdA. Not sure I'd seriously consider joining the Dieren/Animals party either. Part of the problem with that quiz was that a lot of the questions were along the lines of 'such and such should remain as it is' without it being obvious what the presumed counter-proposal would be. |
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Post by andrea on Sept 12, 2012 9:18:10 GMT
PvdA
SP
CU
50Plus (who are they?)
PVV
Animals (I suppose they are the ones who want to tax meat)
Pirates
GL (uhm, I guessn I shouldn't have said it's ok to build new roads)
SGP
D66
VVD
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Post by Tony Otim on Sept 12, 2012 10:04:48 GMT
Partij voor Mens en Spirit
50 plus
GroenLinks
Partij voor die dieren
SP
PvDA
CDA
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Post by East Anglian Lefty on Sept 12, 2012 13:22:28 GMT
I got SP as my first choice, marginally in front of the PvdA, the Partij voor de Dieren, Piratenpartij and GroenLinks. VVD was bottom.
In reality I'm pretty certain I'd prefer the PvdA to the SP and there's no way in hell I'd even consider voting Partij voor de Dieren.
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Post by AdminSTB on Sept 12, 2012 14:46:43 GMT
From closest match to furthest:
Partij voor de Dieren
GroenLinks
PvdA
SP
Partij voor Mens en Spirit
50Plus
Piratenpartij
Partij van de Toekomst
PVV
ChristenUnie
D66
Liberaal Democratische Partij
SOPN
CDA
SGP
Nederland Lokaal
Libertarische Partij
Democratisch Politiek Keerpunt
Anti Europa Partij
VVD
Probably pretty spot on, I'd either vote PvdD or GL.
Almost all of my Dutch friends have said they plan to vote Piratenpartij, but then all my Dutch friends are huge internet nerds... I wouldn't entirely count them out on a seat though. Hopefully PvdD and GL each make a couple of gains too.
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Post by johnloony on Sept 12, 2012 15:24:50 GMT
I got Which I find confusing. Why does it say "disagree" at the top and "agree" at the bottom? I clicked on "Neither" for quite a lot of questions where I didn't know about the details of proposals or the context of the debate. And there were some really weird questions, e.g. closing coffee shops  and banning the building of mosques.  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2012 15:41:39 GMT
I got SP as my first choice, marginally in front of the PvdA, the Partij voor de Dieren, Piratenpartij and GroenLinks. VVD was bottom. In reality I'm pretty certain I'd prefer the PvdA to the SP and there's no way in hell I'd even consider voting Partij voor de Dieren. I guess the other problem with the test is that it ignores that the Partij voor de Dieren is essentially a 'testimonial' party for animal rights, even if they do notionally adopt broadly left-wing stances on most issues. I didn't actually support increasing taxes on meat, for instance, yet it still came out on top for me. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2012 15:43:00 GMT
And there were some really weird questions, e.g. closing coffee shops Cannabis. |
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Post by AdminSTB on Sept 12, 2012 17:49:44 GMT
Polls close at 8pm, our time. An exit poll is published just after polls close.
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Post by erlend on Sept 12, 2012 17:56:56 GMT
Had a look at that. The problem is not knowing the context. On some such as Coffee Shops it is easy, but for example on Sunday Trading I am unclear whether they currently have a ban and want to allow it in some authorities or the converse.
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Post by AdminSTB on Sept 12, 2012 18:08:46 GMT
Had a look at that. The problem is not knowing the context. On some such as Coffee Shops it is easy, but for example on Sunday Trading I am unclear whether they currently have a ban and want to allow it in some authorities or the converse. Yeah, I had to Google that one. They have relaxed trading at the moment. Banning all Sunday trading is a cornerstone policy of the SGP (Calvinist Christian-right) campaign. |
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Post by blueliberal1 on Sept 12, 2012 18:27:52 GMT
My result:
D66
GroenLinks
Libertarische Partij
Piratenpartij
Liberaal Democratische Partij
VVD
Nederland Lokaal
PvdA
ChristenUnie
Partij voor de Dieren
SP
Partij van de Toekomst
SOPN
CDA
Partij voor Mens en Spirit
Democratisch Politiek Keerpunt
50Plus
PVV
SGP
Anti Europa Partij
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Post by AdminSTB on Sept 12, 2012 18:35:07 GMT
Scoring well with the social-liberals, but economically a bit all over the place. Green Left followed by Libertarians...  |
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Post by name2remember on Sept 12, 2012 18:56:02 GMT
I got the 50 Plus Party first! And even more strangely, D66 and the VVD were 3rd and 1st last respectively.
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Post by AdminSTB on Sept 12, 2012 19:00:46 GMT
Polls have closed. While waiting for the exit poll, here's my prediction:
VVD 34, PvdA 32, SP 23, PVV 19, CDA 13, D66 11, CU 6, GL 4, PvdD 3, 50+ 2, SGP 2, Pirate 1.
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Post by Khunanup on Sept 12, 2012 19:01:35 GMT
I got the 50 Plus Party first! And even more strangely, D66 and the VVD were 3rd and 1st last respectively. Doesn't surprise me.  |
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Post by Sibboleth on Sept 12, 2012 19:03:17 GMT
Exit poll: VVD 41 seats, PvdA 40 seats
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Post by Sibboleth on Sept 12, 2012 19:05:45 GMT
VVD 41 (+10)
PvdA 40 (+10)
PVV 13 (-11)
CDA 13 (-8)
SP 15 (0)
D66 12 (+2)
GL 4 (-6)
CU 4 (-1)
SGP 3 (+1)
PvdD 2 (0)
50PLUS 3
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Post by AdminSTB on Sept 12, 2012 19:07:38 GMT
If accurate, VVD/PvdA could form a two-party grand coalition.
The PvdA/SP/GL alliance would be 17 short of a majority.
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and banning the building of mosques. 
