[Redmen4ever]

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.

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Exit polls underestimate the strength of the conservative’s victory?

Who ever heard of such a thing?!

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Anyone one know what issue(s) are causing Silvio to regain such popularity?

[definitelynotaliberal]

Forza, Italia!

Felicitazioni!!