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south

15 (10.9%)

north

32 (23.2%)

east

4 (2.9%)

west

12 (8.7%)

twilight zone

50 (36.2%)

i dont give a damn

25 (18.1%)

Total Members Voted: 135

[Leatra]

Are the votes evenly spread out between parties? We have 72 (official) political parties in Turkey but the votes tend to go between 4 or 5 major parties.

If the votes are too even, two round system might be better. It's going to be difficult but it's going to decide the future of the country. I think it will be worth it.

[AlmightyOne]

Are the votes evenly spread out between parties?

Umm, spread out?, What usually happens is that whichever party gets the majority, all the remaining rival parties just unite against it and form an alliance or a coalition, that's what happens everytime. Like this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_politics (Just glance through that results table, you'll get what I'm saying)

We have 72 (official) political parties in Turkey but the votes tend to go between 4 or 5 major parties.

So our countries have that in common...but I guess we have more minor parties. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_recognised_political_parties_in_India

If the votes are too even, two round system might be better.

Then I doubt that will be good for us, I mean the votes a barely spread out. Its always a coalition of many parties against another.

[Leatra]

That uniting against the most popular major party thing doesn't sound healthy either. Two-round system would fix that problem. That doesn't happen in my country so I wouldn't know. Major parties here have too different ideologies to form an alliance. They usually spend their time fighting each other.

[AlmightyOne]

Does Turkey have regional parties? I mean on a state level? Just curious. Like how we have, where they on a regional level support the major parties, Hence all major parties if they want to win, need to secure pacts with the regional parties of each state.

[Leatra]

Nope. We don't have that many popular minor parties so a few major parties tend to dominate the elections while the others do what they can to grab some seats. Some eastern regions tend to vote for minor parties but the major parties don't really care about those regions anyway.

[AlmightyOne]

I envy that. Over here it's always each party in a particular place trying to get that area's majority group to vote for them, and then the major parties try to appease these minor parities, and in the end the only work which gets done, is the work which usually involves appeasing that particular ethnic group.

[Ameablable]

Its snowing again today... its like mother nature is taking a giant dump on Canada right now..

[Urist McDwarfFortress]

Its snowing again today...

In Canada, isn't that a little like saying, "The sun rose again this morning."

[Ameablable]

In Canada, isn't that a little like saying, "The sun rose again this morning."

Only if you live in The Territories maybe.
not in Ontario. we get warm summers.
 its actually unseasonably cold right now.

[Remuthra]

In Canada, isn't that a little like saying, "The sun rose again this morning."

Only if you live in The Territories maybe.
not in Ontario. we get "warm" summers.
 its actually unseasonably cold right now.

Fixed.

[Ameablable]

Well balls to all of yous. If 35 Celcius is cold i dont know whats warm.

[Remuthra]

Global warming? I'm pretty sure Ontario is farther north than Maine, and the area I visit there is at most 80 or so in the summer.

Also, fahrenheit, you terrorist!

[Ameablable]

Global warming? Naw. I just live in the one place in canada that gets the most varied temperatures year round.
Err i mean ontario. Im pretty sure alberta gets warmer.

[Fernicius]

Philippines
We're quite poor, however,

despite that we are the third happiest country and ranked second on treating women nicely.
We're a christian country that doesn't hate on gays and we have beautiful and vast rain forests with diverse wildlife.
Beautiful country, riddled with poverty and corruption yet filled with hospitable, kind, happy and caring people.

[Ameablable]

sounds like a nice place to go on a trip too!