Government and Politics
Umbria was a former stronghold of the Italian Communist Party forming with Tuscany, Emilia-Romagna and Marche the famous Italian political "Red Quadrilateral". Nowadays Umbria is a stronghold of the center-left and of the Democratic Party. At the April 2008 elections, Umbria gave more than 47% of its votes to Walter Veltroni.
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