<div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">Philip:</div><div><br></div><div>We were so sure we would reach at least 1% or 2.5% in the Swedish election, but instead we had a hard lesson that getting those % extra can be much harder then you may think so let's not assume it will be so much easier in NL although the system is different.</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>- Nicolas</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 12:14 AM, Philip Hunt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cabalamat@googlemail.com">cabalamat@googlemail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="im">On 20 October 2010 22:04, roberto aka robske <<a href="mailto:evilteddyxl@gmail.com">evilteddyxl@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Yep it is. It would be a great chance, weren't it that there were some<br>
> problems.<br>
><br>
> The main problems in The Netherlands currently consist of these (in my<br>
> opinion):<br>
> - The media is dominated by the PVV. Even if Geert Wilders farts, it is news<br>
> (metaphorically speaking).<br>
> - Most of the voting power is currently held by conservative people. I would<br>
> classify the VVD, all Christian parties and the PVV as conservative parties.<br>
> Together, they have about 90-100 seats in the parliament.<br>
> - The media is also controlled largely by conservative people and groups.<br>
> This is clearly shown, as all changes which have negative consequences for<br>
> conservatives, are shown as negative in the media.<br>
> - This all together causes for a very conservative society currently, moving<br>
> more towards an authoritarian government.<br>
> - Most of the people in The Netherlands have no idea what's going on, since<br>
> the mainstream media doesn't report them the real things which are going on<br>
> (since it isn't good for the conservatives).<br>
<br>
</div>I don't think these are insuperable obstacles. In the Netrherlands,<br>
you're lucky that the electoral system is pure PR with no threshold,<br>
so you only need 0.67% of the vote to get people elected. I'm sure the<br>
Dutch Pirates will get people elected at the next general election.<br>
Once a party does have elected representatives, it makes it easier for<br>
them to get attention in the media, so they can build their support.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
--<br>
Philip Hunt, <<a href="mailto:cabalamat@gmail.com">cabalamat@gmail.com</a>><br>
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