Italian Elections and Politics 2018: Yellow Tide

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Why is this an enormous mistake? I'm not knowledgeable about the situation.

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It seems like grasping for a stable majority is what brought us to the status quo in the first place.

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It's not possible to legislate away the fact that a very large portion of the Italian electorate wants Berlusconi.

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It's not possible to legislate away the fact that a very large portion of the Italian electorate wants Berlusconi.

It's definitely worth a try. I'd really like to take principled stances like you guys, but Italy just can't afford our principles right now.

Why even hold elections, then? If it's so important that the electorate vote a particular way you might as well not have an electorate.

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I'd argue that it's far less democratic than FPTP, which for all its flaws is very transparent; each voter votes for their local candidate, and the candidate with the most votes is elected. What exactly is a vote cast for in this system? Nobody knows.

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PD candidates for EU elections

www.partitodemocratico.it/doc/267035/i-candidati-alle-elezioni-europee-2014.htm

All the list leaders are women. That's a pretty refreshing sign.

And 4/5 are exceptionally good-looking

That's a pretty irrelevant sign.

You live in a different world than most of us if you believe looks don't play a role in politics.

Penis voting isn't a thing.

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It's impressive how committed to gerontocracy Italy is.