Comments on: Election post-mortem #1 http://chrishanretty.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/04/15/election-post-mortem-1/ Notes on Italian politics and public broadcasting Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:44:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: The accidental Australian » Berlusconi does a Lazarus in Italy http://chrishanretty.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/04/15/election-post-mortem-1/comment-page-1/#comment-14075 The accidental Australian » Berlusconi does a Lazarus in Italy Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:40:35 +0000 http://chrishanretty.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/04/15/election-post-mortem-1/#comment-14075 [...] UPDATE Chris Hanretty also posts about the Italian elections. [...] [...] UPDATE Chris Hanretty also posts about the Italian elections. [...]

]]> By: Berlusconi does a Lazarus in Italy « The accidental Australian http://chrishanretty.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/04/15/election-post-mortem-1/comment-page-1/#comment-12230 Berlusconi does a Lazarus in Italy « The accidental Australian Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:26:53 +0000 http://chrishanretty.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/04/15/election-post-mortem-1/#comment-12230 [...] UPDATE Chris Hanretty also posts about the Italian elections. [...] [...] UPDATE Chris Hanretty also posts about the Italian elections. [...]

]]> By: Rank and Vile » Blog Archive » Berlusconi does a Lazarus in Italy http://chrishanretty.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/04/15/election-post-mortem-1/comment-page-1/#comment-12229 Rank and Vile » Blog Archive » Berlusconi does a Lazarus in Italy Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:17:33 +0000 http://chrishanretty.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/04/15/election-post-mortem-1/#comment-12229 [...] UPDATE Chris Hanretty also posts about the Italian elections. [...] [...] UPDATE Chris Hanretty also posts about the Italian elections. [...]

]]> By: Guido http://chrishanretty.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/04/15/election-post-mortem-1/comment-page-1/#comment-12228 Guido Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:14:24 +0000 http://chrishanretty.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/04/15/election-post-mortem-1/#comment-12228 Fascinating stuff. To me these elections signify two things. First that the descendants of the once mighty Communist Party will not be represented in this legislature. This is quite amazing. I guess Italy has joined most other Western democracies in this aspect. However it is a shame that Bertinotti won't be around. I thought he was good. Secondly is the increase of the Lega Nord. Considering the assistance it gave il Popolo delle Libertà in winning these elections I wonder whether their federalist program will be a feature of this government, and how Allieanza Nazionale will feel about it. Fascinating stuff. To me these elections signify two things.

First that the descendants of the once mighty Communist Party will not be represented in this legislature. This is quite amazing. I guess Italy has joined most other Western democracies in this aspect. However it is a shame that Bertinotti won’t be around. I thought he was good.

Secondly is the increase of the Lega Nord. Considering the assistance it gave il Popolo delle Libertà in winning these elections I wonder whether their federalist program will be a feature of this government, and how Allieanza Nazionale will feel about it.

]]> By: Wendell Ricketts http://chrishanretty.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/04/15/election-post-mortem-1/comment-page-1/#comment-12168 Wendell Ricketts Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:17:45 +0000 http://chrishanretty.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/04/15/election-post-mortem-1/#comment-12168 "Certainly, it would be interesting to find out how many former Communist voters ... switched their vote to the Lega at the last moment..." Though at least one radio program announced several hours ago that, according to their analysis, 15% of former Rifondazionists switched to Lega and a smaller percentage (which I don't recall) of Verdi did the same. I can hardly wrap my mind around it, but I bet we see this broken down more fully in the coming days. “Certainly, it would be interesting to find out how many former Communist voters … switched their vote to the Lega at the last moment…”

Though at least one radio program announced several hours ago that, according to their analysis, 15% of former Rifondazionists switched to Lega and a smaller percentage (which I don’t recall) of Verdi did the same. I can hardly wrap my mind around it, but I bet we see this broken down more fully in the coming days.

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