(The official results also confirmed that Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beitenu with its 15 mandates has ousted Labor as the third-largest political party, while Labor under Defense Minister Ehud Barak only managed to scrape 13 mandates. Shas has preserved its power, holding on to its 11 seats and United Torah Judaism received 5 mandates. Hadash, United Arab List – Ta'al and the National Union won 4 mandates while Meretz, Habayit Hayehudi and Balad received 3.)
Right/Left breakdown. They also have red state/blue state dynamic going on. http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304750355&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFullI looked at your graphic and lifted my cup of coffee in toast to the brilliance of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America, who set the foundation for OUR government, even as screwed up as it is.
The bottom tier of 6 parties control 21 seats, possibly causing a government to “fall” and to otherwise create chaos in the country. This HAS happened in Italy, France, and even to a less extent in England.
Imagine the USA with a similar set-up. There would be the ABORTION party,the PRO LIFE PARTY, the OWN-A-GUN party, the DISARMAMENT PARTY, the NUCLEAR POWER party, the WIND POWER party, the BURN COAL party, the ANTI_COAL party, a 83 other political groups, each clinging to its own miniscule piece of the pie.
Yes, we have our own mess, but I like our mess better.
The bottom line of the graph looks like FRee Republic and the hard core my way or the highway niche conservatives earlier this year.