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Dutch election polls LIVE: Updates as Geert Wilders takes on Mark Rutte in Netherlands
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Posted on 03/15/2017 7:25:32 AM PDT by Dave346
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Polls close at 4pm ET. First exit polls expected at that time.
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posted on
03/15/2017 7:25:32 AM PDT
by
Dave346
To: Dave346
Last polls had Rutte leading, but we know all about polls.
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posted on
03/15/2017 7:27:06 AM PDT
by
LS
("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
To: LS
I’ve been trying to follow this as it develops but I really don’t understand the parliamentary system much at all.
The way I understand the process is that it’s not actually an election for who’s going to lead the gov, but which party is going to gain or loose seats. And the parties then have to form alliances or coalitions or whatever if one party isn’t absolute majority of seats. Then the alliance or collation or whatever with the most seats picks their guy to be leader.
Am I close on how it works or way off?
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posted on
03/15/2017 7:31:43 AM PDT
by
Grimmy
(equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
To: Dave346
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posted on
03/15/2017 7:34:52 AM PDT
by
BigEdLB
(To Dimwitocrats: We won. You lost. Get used to it.)
To: Grimmy
And the parties then have to form alliances or coalitions or whatever if one party isnt absolute majority of seatsYes, you are correct. No party is expected to gain a clear majority so whoever wins will need to form a coalition government and all the other parties have pledged to NOT form a coalition with Wilders party.
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posted on
03/15/2017 7:42:31 AM PDT
by
pgkdan
(The Silent Majority Stands With TRUMP!)
To: Dave346
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posted on
03/15/2017 7:44:35 AM PDT
by
goodnesswins
(Say hello to President Trump)
To: Dave346
Thanks for the post. Go Geert! Keep shining the light on the evil known as Islam.
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posted on
03/15/2017 7:45:10 AM PDT
by
bramps
(It's the Islam, stupid!)
To: Dave346
To: Grimmy
You are correct. Last two polls had Wilders’ party losing about 3 seats vs. what was expected a few days earlier for him to gain. But who knows since it’s polls?
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posted on
03/15/2017 7:46:49 AM PDT
by
LS
("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
To: LS
Last polls had Rutte leading, but we know all about polls. So was Hillary.
Prayers up for Geert to win.
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posted on
03/15/2017 7:55:07 AM PDT
by
metmom
( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
To: Dave346
thanks for putting this up!
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posted on
03/15/2017 7:56:07 AM PDT
by
Chickensoup
(Leftists today are speaking as if they plan to commence to commit genocide against conservatives.)
To: LS
Without getting into the merits, I think that Wilders has made a major tactical error in the Islamic emphasis. Simply touting the high achievement of his people, and the overreaching meddling of a bureaucracy in Brussels, that obviously does not respect Dutch culture while pushing so-called "Refugees," would have garnered almost all of the same voters as the Islamic emphasis, while picking up those Dutch who would be defensive over his policies as they might undermine those ex-colonials, who have not been antagonistic to traditional Dutch culture.
I realize that the situation is complicated; but this is a tactical gut reaction.
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posted on
03/15/2017 7:58:21 AM PDT
by
Ohioan
To: Ohioan
Maybe. I know so little about Dutch politics, but someone has to make the case against Islam. For those who have ears . . .
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posted on
03/15/2017 8:06:57 AM PDT
by
LS
("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
To: Dave346
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posted on
03/15/2017 8:13:12 AM PDT
by
Faith65
(Isaiah 40:31)
To: Dave346
-—The blonde populist-—
Looks like a gray 30’s style permanent wave to me. If Trump is the example, gert has the hair for the job
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posted on
03/15/2017 8:16:31 AM PDT
by
bert
(K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... Hillary is Ameritrash, pass it on)
To: pgkdan
so whoever wins will need to form a coalition government and all the other parties have pledged to NOT form a coalition with Wilders party.
The other parties are "virtue signaling", making it clear that being over-run by Islamists is preferable to being considered a bad person by the elites and media.
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posted on
03/15/2017 8:28:41 AM PDT
by
cgbg
(Hidden behind the social justice warrior mask is corruption and sexual deviance.)
To: Grimmy
The way I understand the process is that its not actually an election for whos going to lead the gov, but which party is going to gain or loose seats. And the parties then have to form alliances or coalitions or whatever if one party isnt absolute majority of seats. Then the alliance or collation or whatever with the most seats picks their guy to be leader. Yep, that's how parliamentary government works. Traditionally, whichever party gets the most seats gets first shot at trying to form a coalition with other parties, and that coalition picks the PM.
The other parties have declared that they will not form a coalition with Geert, which means that if he gets 49% of the seats, ALL the other parties would have to form a "grand coalition" in order to have a government.
This will make it clear (hopefully) to the Dutch that there is only Geert vs The Establishment, with the Establishment wearing various masks.
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posted on
03/15/2017 8:29:35 AM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
(Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
To: Dave346
Resistance against voluntary ethnic cleansing is now deemed “bigotry and hate.”
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posted on
03/15/2017 8:29:54 AM PDT
by
keats5
(The media is a self-licking lollipop.)
To: Dave346
Big turnout. Large undecided. Fasten seat belts
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posted on
03/15/2017 8:31:35 AM PDT
by
BigEdLB
(To Dimwitocrats: We won. You lost. Get used to it.)
To: keats5
The haters are not those who would preserve their heritage--their cultural achievements over many generations of aspiration & struggle.
Here is a prospective on the American variation of the same dynamic as the Dutch now face: The Trump Haters
Stupidity & treason are not examples of tolerance.
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posted on
03/15/2017 8:36:39 AM PDT
by
Ohioan
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