Italy Election Maps

[Keystone Phil]

Beautiful results. Such a shame about Tuscany and those pockets of support for the leftists in the south. Luckily, my roots in Sicily and Campania are solidly right wing. 

[Keystone Phil]

and what about that little yellow corner in the northwest. are they French or something?

Basically

[Keystone Phil]

2006 Senate, by province (I counted SVP within the Union this time. That region is a real dilemma in every map)

No! The Province of Enna went for Prodi in 2006? Looks like my area of Campania did, too.   

Excellent work, by the way. Thank you.

[Keystone Phil]

Supposedly (of my half italianess) I am mostly Roman, and a little bit Calabrian and wherever Milan is (Lombardi?)


How did those regions go...I can assume Rome is in Green...my geographic skills aren't that bad.

Calabria is mostly right wing in 2007 and Lombady is Berlusconi's base so it was heavily right wing.

Lazio (the region where Rome is) was close in 2007 but it went left wing. I always thought of Lazio (at least the areas close to Rome) as more leftist but it looks to be a swing area.

[Keystone Phil]

1946 referendum on the monarchy. Red for republic, purple for monarchy.

Ha...pretty predictable.

I can't wait to see how Italians in North America voted!

[Keystone Phil]

Some good news and bad news for you, Phil

Eh. I'm confused though. In the Senate elections here, the PdL candidate (a guy from Philadelphia actually named Berardi) won.

Phil won't like this map.

2004 EU parliament by region. Italy uses, like France, stupid constituencies.

I don't understand the color representation. Please explain. 

[Keystone Phil]

Red = Left

Though frankly, the left won in all regions because the right was more fragmented than the left. FI polled 20%, the fascists polled 11.5%, DC junior won 5.9%, and the Northern Fascists won 5.0% etc. The Olive Tree polled 31%.

I figured but the right didn't win anywhere? Wow.

[Keystone Phil]

That 1946 referendum map was interesting. I know the South was much more rural and backward than the north (no offense Phil), is that the reason they supported the monarchy or was there another reason?

Actually, that is the reason, in my opinion.

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It's a traditonally leftist stronghold.

[Keystone Phil]

Thats strange by American standards. Usually the poor, very rural areas are extremely Republican. Except for say, Alabama's black belt and the MS delta (which isn't really a delta).

Well, the poor around the world typically identify with leftist policies. They're socially conservative but just don't vote that way.

[Keystone Phil]

Only now have they started complaining about Garibaldi with their leader,Sicily's governor,who has said he will remove anything remembering Garibaldi as a hero.But,I repeat,they are just a southern-based modern DC.

The Sicilian Governor really wants to remove anything memorializing Garibaldi? Disgusting. Good luck with that one.

[Keystone Phil]

Only now have they started complaining about Garibaldi with their leader,Sicily's governor,who has said he will remove anything remembering Garibaldi as a hero.But,I repeat,they are just a southern-based modern DC.

The Sicilian Governor really wants to remove anything memorializing Garibaldi? Disgusting. Good luck with that one.

Isn't he also with the mafia or something, IIRC?

The Sicilian Governor? I don't know. I think Berlusconi was all about him and the guy is from a right wing party so he was fine with me... 

[Keystone Phil]

Despite his nickname being the Southern Umberto Bossi? (though, frankly, he's much less dangerous and his MPA is a joke party).

Well, I didn't know about him being all about autonomy.

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Whatever else you have. 

[Keystone Phil]

BTW, anybody have requests for any maps?

I was reading through this thread and wanted to take you up on this half year old favor. 

Any information on the 1983 General election?

Some good news and bad news for you, Phil

Eh. I'm confused though. In the Senate elections here, the PdL candidate (a guy from Philadelphia actually named Berardi) won.

I figured I could correct this - Berardi is actually a Deputy, not a Senator but I'm pretty sure that North America has a PdL Senator, too. Berardi hosts this really ritzy Carnevale event for his Italian American PAC every year. I was reading about it in our political newspaper. Berardi brought some Senator as his guest. I ended up researching the guy and he was definitely part of the PdL slate in 2008.

[Keystone Phil]

Any specific reason for your interest in 1983?

Trying to find out which horrible areas helped Craxi become Italy's second longest Prime Minister. 

[Keystone Phil]

Any specific reason for your interest in 1983?

Trying to find out which horrible areas helped Craxi become Italy's second longest Prime Minister. 

The blue areas of course, since the PCI didn't participate in Craxi's governments.

Hmmm...explain further. I thought this election led to Craxi's election as Prime Minister.

[Keystone Phil]

And it did. The DC was so kaputt by then it couldn't settle on any compromise leader from within it so they choose one from another section of the Pentapartito (see also, Aldo Spadolini). The PSI was making gains.

It did. However, Craxi's coalition was composed of DC, PSI, PRI, PSDI and the PLI.

The PCI never participated in an Italian government save for those immediately post-war (de Gasperi I, de Gasperi II), during the Constituent Assembly period. They were almost exclusively an opposition party.

Ah, ok. Thank you, guys. 

[Keystone Phil]

Some parts of central Italy are just so disgusting politically speaking.

[Keystone Phil]

Some parts of central Italy are just so disgusting politically speaking.

Lazio? They love some AN, since they regret the days of Mussolini, who promoted Rome and Lazio.

No, no. I meant the Communists in Tuscany, Emilia-Romagna (which I guess is more northern) and Umbria. 

[Keystone Phil]

The Puritans are at the gates!

Try your best to explain that in a simplistic way, my friend. 

[Keystone Phil]

It's amazing how such a beautiful place can be so scary politically.

[Keystone Phil]

It's amazing how such a beautiful place can be so scary politically.

Have you ever been to Eastern Idaho?

[Keystone Phil]

Hmmm...I wonder what's the deal with northern Puglia. Bari is further south so there goes the only explanation I can think of.

[Keystone Phil]

Those maps are really great ! Especially for someone who knows almost nothing about Italian political geography... :¨P

Maybe you can satisfy my curiosity, noted in the post above yours. 

[Keystone Phil]

Those maps are really great ! Especially for someone who knows almost nothing about Italian political geography... :¨P

Maybe you can satisfy my curiosity, noted in the post above yours. 

LOL No, I meant myself.

Oh, ok.    Well, any chance you happen to know the answer anyway?

[Keystone Phil]

Well, that province is Foggia. Radical agricultural labourers, maybe?

Hmmm...I forgot about that. Makes sense.