German Elections Thread II - Cliffhanger! | 121 comments (121 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Thanks for the Numbers (none / 0)

Yeah, I find the swingometer ludicrous,

again, Germany has proportional representation, that means the percentage is sufficient, you know there are about 70mio eligible to vot, you know there were 80% that went to the election and the SPD got 34%, get you own calculator.

The whole election is mouch more straight forward, because every (second) vote (almost) counts the same unlike the US or Britain

by PeWi on Sun Sep 18th, 2005 at 08:04:06 PM EST
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But It IS "Almost" (none / 0)

Because you don't have a pure PR system, that first vote matters, too. And yet, as far as I can tell, what gets reported upfront is just the percentage of Zweitstimmen, no?

by GreenSooner (greensooner@NOSPAMintergate.com) on Sun Sep 18th, 2005 at 08:12:04 PM EST
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Re: But It IS "Almost" (none / 0)

that's right. The percentage you get is the second vote, but the distribution of seats includes the first vote induced overhang votes (and I have see this in the past as 315+3 or some such

by PeWi on Sun Sep 18th, 2005 at 08:19:13 PM EST
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German Elections Thread II - Cliffhanger! | 121 comments (121 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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