American Commonwealth 2010 election poll

[lord caedus]

Well, Prime Minister Clinton has called a snap election. I guess the Liberal backbenchers were going to rebel over her refusal to push for an exit from Afghanistan. Which party are you going to vote for next month?

OOC: This TL is where the United States made nice with Britain and got their own parliament & sovereignty like Canada did.

Personally, I'm disappointed in Clinton for not exiting from Afghanistan quicker, but the Progressive Democrats don't have that great of an agenda foreign-policy wise other than getting out of Iraq & not being so cozy with Israel (although, ironically, they're led by a Jew). So I'm going to be pulling the lever for the Liberals.

 

[black angel]

Its a matter of who the Progressives put up, if they really want to kick Liberal MP Hodes out I will vote for them, the Socialists aren't strong enough to win here, and this isn't Harlem so the Communist have no hope, but if the Progressives don't want to push Hodes out I'll vote Communist, though the Greens have been doing good here in Northern New England so maybe thats worth looking at, and if the Conservatives look like they'll win I'll vote for Hodes and of course the Heritage is running that evil women Jennifer Horn...... again

 

[theReturner]

I voted for Clinton in the last election, but I'm a bit tired with where she is leading the country. I thin Sanders and the Progressive Democrats would better represent my veiws, so I think I'll vote for them.

 

[TheSevenLeggedFallyDowner]

I was really hoping American Heritage would pick a new leader before the next election. Sigh. I remember when they used to be a respectable party instead of Pat Buchanan's personal entourage.

I voted Conservative last time around, but I must admit, Clinton hasn't been as bad as I expected. I want Romney to end up Prime Minister, but I'm probably going to vote Libertarian because I like the candidate in my district better. I'm hoping for another Conservative-Libertarian Coalition government like we had with Reagan back in the 80s.

 

[Snowstalker]

OOC: How popular is republicanism ITTL...or has the US become a parliamentary republic?

 

[lord caedus]

OOC: The pro-republic movement is pretty much marginal ITTL. The force of tradition as well as the popularity of the current monarch (i.e.-Elizabeth II) have pretty much made the push for abolishing the monarchy a non-starter for the forseeable future.

 

[lord caedus]

I was really hoping American Heritage would pick a new leader before the next election. Sigh. I remember when they used to be a respectable party instead of Pat Buchanan's personal entourage.

Eh. Well, I'm definitely not a American Heritage supporter, but I can sympathize. I mean it's almost been what, 10 years since he took over for that dinosaur Helms? It's not like they haven't tried. I mean, who was that backbencher who tried to force a leadership election? Paylin? Paling?

I'm hoping for another Conservative-Libertarian Coalition government like we had with Reagan back in the 80s.

You remember what happened to Bush afterwards? When Goldwater stepped down & Paul took over? He was lucky to limp to the polls to get creamed by Tsongas.

 

[lord caedus]

Bump. Filler

 

[Van555]

I'm thankful we have real elections unlike the russians.

 

[Dan1988]

Here in my neck of the woods, the Tories have been pretty popular, whether as a standalone or in a Tory-Lib-Green coalition in state government, so I'm definitely voting for the Tories as my first preference.

 

[Progressive Populist]

OOC: What electoral system does America have in this TL (i.e. AV, STV, First Past the Post)?

 

[lord caedus]

OOC: I think it was mentioned earlier that there are ridings/districts, so FPTP. But apparently this TL is like Canada but with the five parties in the poll being the main parties and the Greens and Communists being able to win a smattering of seats. .

 

[black angel]

ok my Riding (Keene-by-Ashuelot)

Liberals: MP Paul Hodes
Progressives: Ann McLane Kuster
Conservatives: Charlie Bass
Socialist: Chuck Weed
Communist: Ian Freeman
Green: Julia Imbarrato
American Heritage: Jennifer Horn

 

[lord caedus]

Here's mine (Duluth)

Liberals: MP Jim Oberstar, Minister for Transportation
Progressives: Don Ness
Conservatives: Chip Cravaack
Green: David Dill
American Heritage: Rod Grams

 

[Teleology]

Progressives. I think it's best to simply get our own house in order and let our efforts across the globe be in lock step with the other Commonwealths and Britain.

 

[lord caedus]

Progressives. I think it's best to simply get our own house in order and let our efforts across the globe be in lock step with the other Commonwealths and Britain.

I agree with you there. We need to get our affairs together, and if it were up to just that, I'd say I'd vote Progressive Dem. But, like I said, their foreign policy is a bit too vague and wishy-washy for my taste. I mean, didn't Kucinich say that a Progressive Dem government (yeah, that'll be the day ) would remove the option of fighting Iran or North Korea, at least until they nuked somebody?!

 

[EvilSpaceAlien]

I voted Liberal last election, but I've been unhappy with Clinton's way of dealing with unemployment and for taking such long time exiting Afghanistan.

I think I'm gonna vote Progressive this year.

I'd like to see a coalition government similar to what we've got over here in Columbia. It's a Progressive-Green-Pirate party coalition that has really been able turn our state economy around from all that financial trouble we had a few years back. Sadly, on a federal level the Greens are more aligned with the Tories and Libs than with the Progressives, and the Pirate Party aren't even in parliament yet

 

[Dan1988]

I'd like to see a coalition government similar to what we've got over here in Columbia. It's a Progressive-Green-Pirate party coalition that has really been able turn our state economy around from all that financial trouble we had a few years back. Sadly, on a federal level the Greens are more aligned with the Tories and Libs than with the Progressives, and the Pirate Party aren't even in parliament yet

Ah yes, the Coalition, which actually makes sense since those three parties at the federal level overlap each other to a high degree. Plus, the guy running the Greens at the federal level seems to be a decent chap who's very intelligent, so that works out very well for him. In RI, the Coalition have even started talks about merging all three parties into one state party, to be tentatively called either the Unionist Party or the National Liberal Party, which would be interesting to see if it does happen.

 

[Dan1988]

OOC: I think it was mentioned earlier that there are ridings/districts, so FPTP. But apparently this TL is like Canada but with the five parties in the poll being the main parties and the Greens and Communists being able to win a smattering of seats. .

OOC: You could have ridings alongside PR -say, a MMP or parallel voting system, or even AV+. In fact, I was assuming AV+ or IRV or STV.

 

[EvilSpaceAlien]

Ah yes, the Coalition, which actually makes sense since those three parties at the federal level overlap each other to a high degree. Plus, the guy running the Greens at the federal level seems to be a decent chap who's very intelligent, so that works out very well for him. In RI, the Coalition have even started talks about merging all three parties into one state party, to be tentatively called either the Unionist Party or the National Liberal Party, which would be interesting to see if it does happen.

That may work in RI, but it would much harder on federal level

For starters, the Greens would probably face a lot of resistance from within the party itself. I have heard that several Green MPs and party members took place. Hell, even our Green Lieutenant Governor, along with the former leader of the Greens (I've forgotten his name) during the '90s, spoke out against a merger, and they got a lot attention in the national media for it.

I will agree that the Greens, Libs, and Tories have a lot of issues that overlap, but there is also a lot of differences. For example, the Greens wants to completely revoke the Signals Intelligence Act of 2000, which the Tories implemented. I'm with the Greens on this because I just don't like the thought of the government watching my every move online. In that issue they are a lot closer to the Progressives.
And to flip the thing around, the Liberals wants to revoke the changes made to the Employment Protection Act back in '92, which goes against the Greens traditionally union friendly stance.
Plus, the Greens wants to reduce spending for the military, but the Libs and Tories wants to increase it.

There's still a lot of issues that needs to be worked out before a merger could happen on federal level.