EP elections 2014

[Swedish Rainbow Capitalist Cheese]

How come the ÖVP do so well in the EU elections? (Compared to their national result)

[Swedish Rainbow Capitalist Cheese]

How come the ÖVP do so well in the EU elections? (Compared to their national result)

Hmm, maybe because the FPÖ and the Greens attract a few usually SPÖ-leaning voters who are disappointed with the national government ?

We need to wait if NEOS has a similar impact on the ÖVP.

But 24% here is not really "doing well" compared with the national elections, when they also got 24%.

Also, the People's Party generally seems to do well in the European countries in the EP elections, even thought the SPÖ actually won the 1999 and 2004 elections. I think the SPÖ didn't win in 2009, because of the Martin voters (even though I have to check the exit poll).

Well, no, but in the last EP election they got 30% according to the poll. That seems pretty strong to me, compared to how they fared in national elections that same year.

[Swedish Rainbow Capitalist Cheese]

My results:

Group

53% - ALDE
51% - EFD
49% -ECR
40% - S&D
40% - GUE-NGL
38% - EPP
33% - Greens/EFA

(Just comes to prove what I've always known, the EP is mostly pure $hit.

Top candidates:

87% - Anna Zemanova (ALDE) Slovakia
78% - Anna Rosbach (ECR) Denmark
76% - Sara Skyttedal (EPP) Sweden
73% - Tomas Baranovas (ALDE) Lithuania
73% - Janusz Wojciechowski (ECR) Poland

EDIT: I find it amusing that Tender almost agrees as much with the EPP as I do.

[Swedish Rainbow Capitalist Cheese]

And the award for the most bizarre TV ad of a major German party in this election goes to the Left Party and their ad "angry, middle-aged, white guy yelling at you":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt47zSPgu78

The way that man waves his hands and moves while screaming angry reminds of another German...

[Swedish Rainbow Capitalist Cheese]

Swedish EP-poll by Sifo:

31,2% - Social Democrats
21,7% - Moderates
16,1% - Greens
8,1% - People's Party
5,8% - Left Party
4,1% - Sweden Democrats
3,7% - Christian Democrats
3,6% - Centre Party
3,2% - Feminist Initiative
2,2% - Pirate Party
0,3% - The June List

[Swedish Rainbow Capitalist Cheese]

Which is why these debates for Commission President candidates are ridiculous. Much like local elections, the EP election is just a way for angry voters to show their dissatisfaction with the sitting governments of their nations.     

[Swedish Rainbow Capitalist Cheese]

Last two polls from Sweden:

Ipsos:

S - 24,9%
M - 16,5%
MP - 13,8%
FP - 10,4%
V - 8,4%
SD - 6,9%
KD - 6,3%
C - 6,0%
F! - 4,5%
PP- 1,8%

Sifo:

S - 28,3%
M - 18,1%
MP - 12,5%
FP - 8,8%
SD - 8,6%
V - 6,6%
C - 5,3%
KD - 4,9%
F! - 4,3%
PP- 2,2%

The polls for this thing is all over the place. The only thing that is certain is that nothing is certain.

And that the Greens will do exceedingly well, and the Social Democrats will be the largest party.

[Swedish Rainbow Capitalist Cheese]

For Sunday, some bad news for election day turnout: The weather is projected to be great, which means many people will be out for biking or for a walk instead of voting.

Oh c'mon! This must be the greatest political myth of all time. Have there ever been any actual proof that weather affect turn-out except in the most extreme weather conditions? Every election you hear reports that turn-out will be down because the weather was too nice, so people went out-side instead, or too bad, so people didn't want to leave home, or too mediocre, so people didn't get in the right mood to go and vote.

I've however never seen any scientific proof that there is even correlation, let alone cause, between a certain weather and a certain turn-out.   

[Swedish Rainbow Capitalist Cheese]

Don't know if there's something scientific out there to analyze these situations, but I think weather could play at least a minor role.

Yeah I'm open to the idea that there might be two, three, or even as many as five,  slackers in Austria that might be so lazy some rain is the sole reason they can't bother to put on some pants and get themselves down to a polling station, and equally many mothers who might take their kids on a picnic in the beautiful weather and forgets to get home before polling closes. But that would have to be a very, very minor non-measurable effect.    

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0261379413001212

No effect,according to him.

Thank you Italian-boy.
There we go, sunshine does not depress voter turn-out.

Can we now please leave this weather causes low-turnout speculation to sensationalist tabloid journalists that might or might not be French?

[Swedish Rainbow Capitalist Cheese]

It's a bit late but since I worked for this website, I encourage you to check it out: http://www.euvox2014.eu/

I checked it out a few days ago. Interesting site. A few minor things that could have been fixed, but over-all one of the best "Which party do you align with" websites I've tried. Very good to hear a Atlas member was part  of working on it.