German Voting

April 20, 2008 at 9:40 pm (Uncategorized)

The German Bundesrat mock voting revealed much about the political process.  For example, I learned that even if you are a member of the FDP and you won the majority of the votes, if you are cocky, then the other three parties can vote you out and take over all the seats and the chancellorship.  The other parties learned that a three party coalition actually earns them less seats than a two party one.  All in all, the biggest thing is to not get power hungry, and to not let your majority get to your head…otherwise you may end up with nothing (true story).

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