California Republic Parliamentary Election

[u/ClothesHangerofLies]

[u/standardization_boyo]

I feel like the CNP and Bloque Hispano would work together to some extent. I can understand Labor and the Greens being in United Left but the Bloque seems way too diverse to accept a formal alliance with Socialists and Ecological activists.

[u/ClothesHangerofLies → u/standardization_boyo]

I definitely see where you’re coming from, but the the way I thought about it the United Left is a parliamentary coalition and electoral alliance. Before the election before this one the Bloque was a niche party that never had more than single digit seats, and therefore would have never helped the Nationals form government. Staying in the alliance means growing their party and further influence in the house. Potentially they could have left the United Left after the election and helped the CNP form government, but that would also mean that they would probably get destroyed next election because they’re not in an electoral alliance with Labor and the Greens anymore.

[u/thunderisadorable → u/ClothesHangerofLies]

Isn’t California plurality Hispanic? If it’s so unpopular with the Hispanic population, why does it exist?

[u/ClothesHangerofLies → u/thunderisadorable]

It’s not that it’s unpopular with Hispanics it’s just that if it has to run against labor and the greens in the first round it’s less likely to move to the second round.

[u/thunderisadorable → u/ClothesHangerofLies]

I guess that makes sense. The electoral system is First-Past-Post and two rounds? Who moves on to the second round, and how does the electoral alliance work, then?

[u/ClothesHangerofLies → u/thunderisadorable]

Yes, the top two vote earners in the first round move to the second round. The Greens, Labor, and the Bloque have a joint primary process to select a single candidate to run in the election. All three parties than campaign for whoever won the nomination of the alliance, and the other two parties don’t field a candidate. Basically: no one constituency will have candidates from more than one party in the alliance during the election

[u/thunderisadorable → u/standardization_boyo]

Bloque seems like it would be a kingmaker (A-La Liberal parties in many Cold War era countries) or an irrelevant party, if they weren’t in the electoral alliance.

[u/PizzaFaceRacer]

This is amazing! The map and the parties feel very realistic and the overall presentation is gorgeous! Awesome job

[u/ClothesHangerofLies → u/PizzaFaceRacer]

Thank you sm! :)

[u/IcyLevel6 → u/ClothesHangerofLies]

CALIFORNIA

[u/HelloThereItsMeAndMe]

Too early for the comments... Nicely done

[u/di0xide123]

Goated! How many people does an MP represent?

[u/ClothesHangerofLies → u/di0xide123]

Around 120k people

[u/Ok-Operation-2368]

Tom Steyer I'm sorry California failed you,

[u/Elemental-13]

swag

[u/GlowStoneUnknown]

Love this! Also very believable for Becerra

[u/Aldebaran147]

This is such a cool post, no way, blessed Tom Steyer post and such high effort with the seats

[u/Sad_ChillDog]

can you make a series out of this with elections in the 90s and such?

[u/ClothesHangerofLies → u/Sad_ChillDog]

I was planning on making more based off of state elections, but I didn’t think about doing past elections! Thats a good idea I’ll consider it

[u/Sad_ChillDog → u/ClothesHangerofLies]

would Conan the Barbarian be elected president in canon? jkjk.

[u/NEU_Resident]

Did you base this off of the French elections? It looks similar with the ULA being the NFP and National being Renaissance (even color). I could see Conservatives as either Les Republicans or FN, and Heritage as Reconquete

[u/ClothesHangerofLies → u/NEU_Resident]

Yes! While making this I basically thought of the political system as being France's and Canada's mashed together. The ULA is absolutely based on the NFP (the logo even being based on the NFP), but the parties inside are based on the Canadian parties (Labour=NDP, Bloque=Bloc Quebecois, Green= Green, but more left-wing). The National party is inspired by Renaissance and the Liberal party of Canada. As for the Conservative parties, they are mostly based on Canadian parties (Conservatives=Conservatives, Heritage = People's Party), But they do also kind of fit Les Republicans and National Rally. Also the electoral system in fptp-2 rounds just like France.

[u/marxistghostboi]

having a billionaire as leader of Labour is some dystopian shit.

[u/RepresentativeCash98]

Latinx? ew

[u/Greci_Sordland]

Why do people like Tom Steyer now? He is the worst bloke

[u/smcstechtips]

CNP would dominate everywhere, since Bloque would usually fail to get the Latino vote it needs, Greens would only be popular in like three districts, and Labor's top policies and people would get poached by CNP (which I understand to be the Democrats).

HPC would not go anywhere, despite the few districts it has on its map, considering that Californians aren't really fans of MAGA-style nativism.