Sunday Afternoon Open Thread | 116 comments (116 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

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First results from the Austrian elections (it's a slaughterhouse!)

Auszählungsgrad 46.96% (17:28)
Partei % Mandate
SPÖ 29,5 58
ÖVP 26,0 52
GRÜNE 9,4 18
FPÖ 18,4 36
BZÖ 9,7 19
FRITZ 2,0 0
LIF 1,7 0

Pretty much none of the cities have reported yet, so the results might yet move up for the SPÖ. Haider's far-right BZÖ seems to be outperforming the polls. FPÖ about level with the polls, might yet drop. Not a good day for the conservative ÖVP, that much is already sure.

by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Sun Sep 28th, 2008 at 11:46:08 AM EST

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So there will be another Grand Coalition with the nationalists as the major opposition. Doesn't sound too comforting.

"If you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles." Sun Tzu

by Turambar (sersguenda at hotmail com) on Sun Sep 28th, 2008 at 11:56:58 AM EST
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Thanks, and could you repost in my half-hour late FP story?

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Sun Sep 28th, 2008 at 12:28:35 PM EST
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(Which is one-third yours anyway)

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Sun Sep 28th, 2008 at 12:29:22 PM EST
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Any word on how the 16-18 year old cohort went?

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist. -- Jean-Paul Sartre

by ATinNM on Sun Sep 28th, 2008 at 03:55:37 PM EST
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Not yet, only fluff stories. According to exit polls, in the age group up until 30 years old the FPÖ came in first, with 25%, before the ÖVP (23) and SPÖ (21). But the 16 to 18 year old cohort is only a small part of that, of course.

by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Sun Sep 28th, 2008 at 04:30:10 PM EST
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