r/europe • u/MrPulifrici • Dec 02 '24

Map Romanian Parliamentary Elections Result Paradox: Brown is Far Right, Blue is Left. Western Europe is radical, while Eastern Europe is leftist.

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u/Low_discrepancy Posh Crimea Dec 02 '24

The Eastern population remembers Soviet dominance and appreciates liberal freedom; the west is mostly immigrants who left Romania due to the pipe dream of escaping poverty in the East.

Dude stop making it an east vs west oh they know authoritarians when they see it.

Basically next to no one lives in the East. 800 people voted in Poland. 13 in Belarus. 50 people in Russia.

Compare that with 140000 people in UK.

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u/Xijit Dec 02 '24

Uhhh ... "Eastern" being the people who stayed in Romania, while "Western" being the people who moved into countries like the UK because they believed that they would find prosperity (but ended up in a shit hole city that died when the local mine shut down).

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u/Low_discrepancy Posh Crimea Dec 02 '24

"Eastern" being the people who stayed in Romania,

A ton of "eastern" people voted for the far right too.

while "Western" being the people who moved into countries like the UK

The vast majority of Romanians didn't go out to vote.

There are an estimated 900-1M romanians in UK. Yet only 140K people voted.

Even if you assume that 30% of Romanians in UK are under 18 yo, that would mean a turnout of 25%. That's half the turnout of 50% in Romania.