Political quirks

Below you find the last seven Political Quirks entries.

Three new polls

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Polls

I haven’t reported on them yet, but all three pollsters have released a new poll which have been added to the polls page. In general. the recent trend from PVV to SP is confirmed, but has slowed down considerably.

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Party profile — 50Plus

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50Plus, Party profiles

The Dutch nine-to-twelve-party system is sometimes hard to understand for foreigners; especially when the small parties come into play. Therefore, just like in 2010, I’m running a mini-series that treats all eleven parties that stand a decent chance of winning seats. We’ll go from smallest to largest.

Today we’ll start with the only new party that could make it to parliament: 50Plus.

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SP and PVV research

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PVV, SP

Ipsos, which also polls for the Politieke Barometer, has released a paper on SP and PVV voters. The main conclusion is that no less than 7% of Dutch voters are willing to vote for both SP and PVV, while about a quarter of them is willing to vote SP but not PVV, and about the same amount PVV but not SP.

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Political preference research

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Polls

The University of Amsterdam and political TV programme Een Vandaag recently released interesting research on the preferences of Dutch voters, and their supposed volatility.

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Yes, PVV in trouble

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PVV, Polls, SP

The new Politieke Barometer poll was just released, and it confirms the PVV-to-SP trend. SP +7, PVV -4. See the polls page for the updated averages and coalitions.

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Wilders getting nervous

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PVV, SP, Wilders

As I reported earlier the polls indicate that the SP is winning seats from the PVV. Geert Wilders is getting nervous and has opened the attack. Unfortunately for him, the SP is not the only danger.

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New Peil.nl poll; SP marching on

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PVV, Polls, SP, VVD

The new Peil.nl poll has been released and I added it to the polls page. In addition, Peil.nl released some extra polling focused on the SP.

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Even older entries

See the January 2012 archive and beyond.

This is the political blog of Peter-Paul Koch, mobile platform strategist, consultant, and trainer, in Amsterdam. It’s a hobby blog where he follows Dutch politics for the benefit of those twelve foreigners that are interested in such matters, as well as his Dutch readers.

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  1. Party profile — 50Plus (1)
    "I wonder if this party will last..."
    by CD on 3 February 2012
  2. SP and PVV research (2)
    "I must admit I missed that, too...."
    by ppk on 1 February 2012
  3. Political preference research (6)
    "Interesting, D. You're completel..."
    by ppk on 31 January 2012
  4. Wilders getting nervous (3)
    "I guess that's possible as well...."
    by CD on 28 January 2012
  5. Even more CDA problems (1)
    "Looking back at the past problem..."
    by Frans on 13 January 2012
  6. The Rutte government and gedoogsteun (7)
    ""Distinguished English-speaking ..."
    by Jack V on 18 December 2011
  7. CDA leadership (1)
    "I don't believe Verhagen or Eurl..."
    by CD on 29 November 2011