Sunday, June 04, 2006

Coalition of the Unwinning
Examining Democratic election results in "Coalition" countries.

Source for most government form data came from the CIA World Factbook, election results from the news.

Republic: Democratically elected leader who controls foreign policy, X equals Yes
US/UK: Former possession of the US or UK, former or currently militarily occupied by the US/UK
Next Vote: Date of next elections. L means the elections are for the Legislature only, and no Presidential elections are held.
If possible it will be indicated whether the government in power SUCCEEDED or FAILED to win re-election.

One of the camps of Anti-Federalists had the rallying cry "Where Annual Elections End, Tyranny Begins!"

UPDATE:  Looks like former members of the British Empire are immune.  Probably a linguistic (culture vector->news) element.

Country Republic US/UK Next Vote  
IcelandX,f 04/03Success, change in Head of Government
Rwanda  08/03Strongman Kagame wins 95% of vote
Azerbaijane 10/03Son of former Soviet Commissar elected!
Marshall IslandsbX11/03SUCCESS
GeorgiaX 11/03US Backed "Rose Revolution" replaces Shevardnadze
Latviab 03/04Coalition falls apart day after election, PM rules with minority
El-SalvadorX 03/04New Leader, Same Party
Spainc L 03/04FAILED
PanamaX?06/04FAILED
MongoliaX 06/04FAILED
MacedoniaX 10/04President dies in plane crash, same party wins in early elections
Dominican RepublicXX05/04FAILED
PhilippinesXX05/04Arroyo, unelected Pres., wins first term
SlovakiaX 05/04FAILED
JapancX06/04LDP has lost majorities in both Houses
Australiaa,cXL 10/04Howard Returned
AfghanistanXX11/04Karzai stays, not elected in first place
AmericaXX11/04ELECTION FRAUD? SUCCESS
UkraineX 11/04Yuschenko finally wins, had promised troop pull out
PalauXX11/04SUCCESS
RomaniaX 11/04Former Communist, Promised to Withdraw, Unseated.
HungaryX 06/05Leftists stay in power
Denmarkc L by 10/05Majority Rightist Coalition Loses Seats, Keeps Power
HondurasXX11/05Leftist Defeat Incumbents
PolandX 11/05Rightists Defeat Incumbents
Solomon Islandsa,cXL by 12/05Ruling Party drops from 20 to 4 seats
PortugalX 02/06Biggest Socialist Party Victory Ever
Great BritaincX05/06suck
Costa RicaX 05/06Pacheco AND PUSC defeated
ItalyXX05/06Prodi defeats Berlusconi
ColombiaX 05/06Uribe Returned
CzechX 06/06deadlock
Singaporef by 08/06
NicaraguaX 11/06
BulgariaX ??/06
EstoniaX ??/06
MicronesiadXL 05/07
TurkeyX 05/07
AlbaniaX 06/07
EthiopiaX 10/07
Netherlandsc L ??/07
LithuaniaX ??/07
South KoreaX 12/07
Uzbekistane ??/07
Angola  Elections indefinitely cancelled, last held in 1992
Eritrea  Isaias national leader, elections postponed indefinitely since 2001
Kuwait  Hereditary Monarchy
Tonga  Monarchy
Uganda  Museveni in power since 1986, no elections for President

Notes:
A: A hereditary Monarch selects the President/Governor-General/Whatever
B: President is elected by the Parliament.
C: The leader of the Majority Party becomes Prime Minister
D: To even call this a "country," when it is actually run by the United States, is a joke.
E: Not a politically free society.
F: Ceremonial President which is popularly elected.

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