Election Research councils 2014

Op 19 maart 2014 wordt in bijna alle Nederlandse gemeentes een nieuwe raad gekozen. Die verkiezingen maken het bij uitstek mogelijk om als klein partijtje met weinig aanhang en een beperkt organisatievermogen enig politiek succes te behalen. In een kleine gemeente kunnen immers een paar honderd stemmen al genoeg zijn voor een zetel. Bovendien zijn… Read more

Provincie Zuid-Holland: Verkiezingen 2014

Capelle aan den IJssel in this satellite town of Rotterdam is the largest party Liveable Capelle who sits on the board with three councilors. Alderman Dick van Sluis (1965) is also the president of his old party Liveable Rotterdam which is increasingly oriented towards the PVV line. Joost Eerdmans (1971) is the second Capelse alderman and also… Read more

Nederlandse Volks-Unie: Verkiezingen 2014

The longest established right-wing party in the Netherlands, the Dutch People's Union (NVU), does in three municipalities participate in municipal elections in 2014. That is certainly not the first, but perhaps somewhat surprised. Surprisingly, because the party since its establishment in 1971 regularly participated in elections without even once a seat… Read more

Rotterdam: Verkiezingen 2014

Liveable Rotterdam (LR) In recent years become increasingly intertwined with the PVV. In 2011 declared the current party leader Joost Eerdmans (1971) though he regularly dined with Geert Wilders. Eerdmans was initially involved in the creation of the PVV was fresh when Wilders left the VVD, but at that time did not… Read more

Province of Utrecht: Verkiezingen 2014

Four years ago, the City of Utrecht Wim Vreeswijk managed (1950) not to cash it Wilders effect for his Freedom Party Utrecht (PVU). He still had so done his best to look like the PVV. Vlaams Belang bustle beautiful pamphlets for PVU to reach the people. Vreeswijk try it this year… Read more

Province of Limburg: Verkiezingen 2014

Landgraaf The Labour Party was shocked as well when the tip came in that she had a right-wing extremist gekandideerd. However, the lists in Landgraaf had already become final and deletion could therefore no longer be. Als With Jülicher (1955) real political color has changed, he had better open card to play on… Read more