• mapu@slrpnk.net
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    1 day ago

    As opposed to countries where parties don’t need to get votes? Huh?

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      1 day ago

      “At all times” probably is the key. In some countries you may have long periods between important elections, unpopular changes are often frontloaded to the beginning of the term so that voters would forget about them by next elections.

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        24 hours ago

        That’s the way it’s done in Spain at a national level too. Four-year election cycles. I guess he’s talkimg about regional elections? But I fail to see how that’s different to every other country that also has regional elections, and how Sánchez has much say in those

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          17 hours ago

          US, which is what most people use as basis, have two major elections: midterms and generals. Any other are much minor and do not impact the voters.

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            14 hours ago

            They impact the voters more than the autonomical elections do, as American states have more power than Spanish autonomies