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The Basque Political Spectrum | 65 comments (65 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: The Basque Political Spectrum (none / 1)

Right now they do, but narrow. Though it varies regionally.

Let me give you the data here:

Basque country: 1.223.634 votes, 575.889 abstentions

PNV/EA 38.67% PSE 22.68% PP 17.40% EHAK 12.44% EB 5.37% Aralar 2.33% UA 0.34%
And, by province,
Alava: 171.492 votes, 76.156 abstentions

PNV/EA 30.67% PP 25.95% PSE 25.49% EHAK 8.37% EB 4.96% UA 2.22% Aralar 1.50%

Vizcaya: 659.366 votes, 311.609 abstentions

PNV/EA 40.97% PSE 23.37% PP 17.61% EHAK 10.06% EB 5.55% Aralar 1.57%

Guipúzcoa: 392.776 votes, 188.124 abstentions

PNV/EA 38.30% PSE 20.29% EHAK 18.22% PP 13.32% EB 5.24% Aralar 3.96%
Note that in the regional parliament each province gets 25 seats, despite the population differences (Alava is overrepresented)

Finally, the provincial capitals:
Bilbao: 198.745 votes, 94.548 abstentions

PNV/EA 35.96% PSE 24.80% PP 23.70% EHAK 7.35% EB 5.94% Aralar 1.32%

San Sebastián: 130.759 votes, 62.058 abstentions

PNV/EA 32.06% PSE 23.61% PP 19.48% EHAK 15.27% EB 5.60% Aralar 3.35%

Vitoria: 126.491 votes, 56.835 abstentions

PSE 28.71% PP 28.17% PNV/EA 25.96% EHAK 6.95% EB 5.33% UA 2.54% Aralar 1.40%

Yes, the website is crap.

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Mar 27th, 2006 at 04:42:33 AM EST
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Re: The Basque Political Spectrum (none / 0)

Thanks for this data. I didn't really get the maps (but that may have to do with putting the clock forward...)

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Mon Mar 27th, 2006 at 05:03:35 AM EST
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Re: The Basque Political Spectrum (none / 0)

What's not to get? I basically set the RGB colour (plus Black) using the vote percentages. The greener the more nationalist, and the purpler the more "constitutionalist".

I spend too much time playing with the Gimp.

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Mar 27th, 2006 at 05:14:29 AM EST
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Re: The Basque Political Spectrum (none / 0)

What was to get was what you just explained! (but the clock had something to do with it too...)

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Mon Mar 27th, 2006 at 05:28:47 AM EST
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Re: The Basque Political Spectrum (none / 1)

Thanks for this. So the smallest province Alava, its capital Vitoria, and Vizcaya's capital Bilbao have a non-Basque-nationalist majority. I am surprised EHAK (Batasuna) is this strong in San Sebastián, not that much below the privincial average.

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One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Mon Mar 27th, 2006 at 10:38:11 AM EST
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Re: The Basque Political Spectrum (none / 0)

Note that Bilbao is the largest city in the Basque country, and Vitoria is the seat of the regional government.

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Mar 27th, 2006 at 10:42:45 AM EST
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Re: The Basque Political Spectrum (none / 0)

Having looked at the maps again with the new information on scale, is my impression right that counties (1) and (3) in Alava have a nationalist majority, too?

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Mon Mar 27th, 2006 at 10:43:05 AM EST
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Re: The Basque Political Spectrum (none / 0)

...and, BTW, maybe you wrote about this months ago and that's what I faintly remember, but is that non-Basque-majority area enclosed by Alava demanded by Basque nationalists?

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Mon Mar 27th, 2006 at 10:45:30 AM EST
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Re: The Basque Political Spectrum (none / 0)

Ah, that.

This is an enclave of the province of Burgos within Alava, and it's called Condado de Treviño It is not so much demanded by the nationalists as wishing, by itself, to be incorporated to Alava because it is several hours away from the city of Burgos but right next to Vitoria.

It would make a whole lot of sense for them to switch, but the last time they tried the PP national and regional (in Castilla-León) government would not allow them to hold a referendum on the issue, and also it would probably bring even more non-Basque nationalists into Alava (though I'd have to substantiate this with election or poll data).

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Mar 27th, 2006 at 10:50:43 AM EST
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Re: The Basque Political Spectrum (none / 0)

Yes, but Vitoria has over 2/3 of the population of the province.

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Mar 27th, 2006 at 10:46:25 AM EST
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Re: The Basque Political Spectrum (none / 0)

What about region (6) and (8) (Irún?) - those seem more rural (or at least (6)) with a Basque-nationalist minority.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Mon Mar 27th, 2006 at 11:05:11 AM EST
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Re: The Basque Political Spectrum (none / 1)

Those have razor-thin nationalist minorities.

By the way, as EB is a local branch of a "national" party I am assuming it would not advocate independence, but it is currently in coalition with PNV/EA in the Basque government. From the point of view of National politics, this is the "looney left" aspect of the united left.

What this means is that the "median" falls on EB more often than on the PSE.

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Mar 27th, 2006 at 11:11:59 AM EST
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