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Political Parties of Tasmania
And for Tasmania. Tasmania’s politics are interesting because it’s quite split along linguistic lines.
Social Democrats/Sociaal-Democraten: Progressive left wing party. Gets their support from the southern Dutch-speaking population.
Liberal/Liberaal: The party of the left popular with northern Anglophones. Closely affiliated with the trade unions and socially less progressive.
Christian Democrats/Christen-Democraten: Centre-right party that gets its support from the Dutch part of the country, including a surprisingly high proportion of atheists. Not nearly as conservative as you might think.
Conservative/Conservatief: The party of the Anglophone right. Socially conservative, economically liberal.
Green Tasmania/Groen Tasmanië: Environmentalist party. Reached their zenith in the 90s and early 2000s, now trying to reinvent themselves as a catch-all left party. The only really successful cross-cultural party.
Freedom/Vrijheid: Super right-wing party for the Dutch population. Also quite libertarian.
Nationalist/Nationalist: Super right-wing party for Anglophones - very clearly, refusing to provide a Dutch translation of their name to the electoral commission, and policies including abolition of Dutch as an official language.
Needless to say, the last two parties don’t get much support.
Social Democrats/Sociaal-Democraten: Progressive left wing party. Gets their support from the southern Dutch-speaking population.
Liberal/Liberaal: The party of the left popular with northern Anglophones. Closely affiliated with the trade unions and socially less progressive.
Christian Democrats/Christen-Democraten: Centre-right party that gets its support from the Dutch part of the country, including a surprisingly high proportion of atheists. Not nearly as conservative as you might think.
Conservative/Conservatief: The party of the Anglophone right. Socially conservative, economically liberal.
Green Tasmania/Groen Tasmanië: Environmentalist party. Reached their zenith in the 90s and early 2000s, now trying to reinvent themselves as a catch-all left party. The only really successful cross-cultural party.
Freedom/Vrijheid: Super right-wing party for the Dutch population. Also quite libertarian.
Nationalist/Nationalist: Super right-wing party for Anglophones - very clearly, refusing to provide a Dutch translation of their name to the electoral commission, and policies including abolition of Dutch as an official language.
Needless to say, the last two parties don’t get much support.
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