And the winner of the Danish election is… 1
This guy is our new Prime Minister again:
So, the right wing Liberal government led by prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen continues for another term. And the most depressing thing about the election is actually that turn out was excellent (82%) and voting was fair – but the Danish public still voted for the anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim Danish People’s Party in huge numbers. It remains the third biggest party of the country.
I didn’t follow the elections closely this time. It was very rushed and the outcome was pretty much predicted from the start. Also, I am no longer allowed to vote, because my genius government believes I am less Danish if I have lived outside the country for more than 2 years. Or maybe it’s just that I am less likely to vote for a bigot?
One of the interesting things about these elections is the way the internet has factored in. In the United States they say 2004 was the first “internet election”. Presidential candidates discovered blogs, online fundraising, and social networking. Danish media and politicians have had a comparable epiphany in 2007 with the supercharged additions of Facebook, YouTube, and Google map APIs. If you read Danish, the regional RSS aggregator Overskrift.dk has some great analysis of which politicians blogged, who blogged about them, and what they all talked about.
Well, no need to long for the right to vote in this cold, scandinavian country. I’m soooooo tired of experts analyzing the opposition : they should have talked more about this and pointed of that.
Well, as it turns out – the vast majority of the people like the harsh, anti-etnic politics. Well, end of story so far. It doesn’t mean that we’re giving up – but it show us what we are up against.