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Berlusconi lead widens in Italy vote: projection
Reuters ^
| 4/14/08
| Reuters
Posted on 04/14/2008 10:24:48 AM PDT by Redmen4ever
ROME (Reuters) - Projections made on the basis of initial results from Italy's election predicted on Monday a more clear-cut victory than initially thought for centre-right opposition leader Silvio Berlusconi ...
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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: berlusconi; italy
The (full) exit poll shows that Silvio Berlusconi’s Freedom Party has scored a significant victory in Italy’s just concluded snap election. In the lower house, the center-right Freedom Party leads the center-left Democratic Party by 8 points, 46 to 38 percent; and, in the upper house, by 9 points, 47 to 38 percent. These margins are in line with the upper end of the range of pre-election surveys. These strong showings plus the bonus that goes to the party or coalition of parties that achieves a plurality in the popular vote under rules enacted in 2005, will give the Freedom Party a relatively robust majority in the Italian parliament. We await the actual tabulation of the vote, and also the possibility that either or both of the Center Party and the Northern Party will join Berlusconi’s government, giving it an even stronger majority.
To: Redmen4ever
Exit polls underestimate the strength of the conservative’s victory?
Who ever heard of such a thing?!
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posted on
04/14/2008 10:27:39 AM PDT
by
Timeout
To: Timeout
Is not this the guy The Economist calls the “Ecommunist” ?
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posted on
04/14/2008 10:30:47 AM PDT
by
WesA
To: WesA
Nevermind...I wish I could remove my post now!
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posted on
04/14/2008 10:32:17 AM PDT
by
WesA
To: Redmen4ever
Anyone one know what issue(s) are causing Silvio to regain such popularity?
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posted on
04/14/2008 11:08:14 AM PDT
by
what's up
To: an italian; italian; paolop; fabrizio
Forza, Italia!
Felicitazioni!!
To: what's up
mostly its about the economy, as the leftist government just taxed Italians to death...but illegal immigration and related crime is also decisive...you know the first important decision made by Prodi administration was to free tons of criminals because prisons were too crowded and the living conditions there were “unhuman”...
personally it is the second issue that “forced” me to vote for “Lega Nord”, a member of Berlusconi coalition
To: a freedom-loving italian
Good on you and your country,Freedom!
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posted on
04/14/2008 12:46:43 PM PDT
by
georgia peach
(georgia peach)
To: a freedom-loving italian
Well done and felicitations!
SB
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posted on
04/14/2008 12:51:05 PM PDT
by
ScaniaBoy
(Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
To: a freedom-loving italian
Thanks for the info. I hope Italy prospers under Silvio.
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