Politics
See also: Politics of NorwayVestlandet and Sørlandet has always been the two land areas in Norway, with the greatest preponderance of the secular voters. The election in 2007 give the nonsocialist parliamentary parties 65.4% against the socialist parliamentary parties 29.7%. The government party had collected 39.5% against 55.6% parliamentary opposition.
The election in 2007 give following vote distribution:
- Norwegian Labour Party 24,6%
- Progress Party 20,6%
- Conservative Party of Norway 19,0%
- Christian Democratic Party 10,2%
- Centre Party 9,8%
- Liberal Party of Norway 5,8%
- Socialist Left Party 5,1%
- Red Electoral Alliance 1,6%
- Other 3,4%.
The elections from 2001 to 2009 give following vote distribution:
| Parti | 2009–2013 | 2005–2009 | 2001–2005 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norwegian Labour Party | 13 | 11 | 8 |
| Progress Party | 12 | 9 | 7 |
| Conservative Party of Norway | 8 | 6 | 10 |
| Centre Party | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Christian Democratic Party | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Socialist Left Party | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Liberal Party of Norway | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Read more about this topic: Western Norway
Famous quotes containing the word politics:
“The so-called consumer society and the politics of corporate capitalism have created a second nature of man which ties him libidinally and aggressively to the commodity form. The need for possessing, consuming, handling and constantly renewing the gadgets, devices, instruments, engines, offered to and imposed upon the people, for using these wares even at the danger of one’s own destruction, has become a “biological” need.”
—Herbert Marcuse (1898–1979)
“... privacy is ... connected to a politics of domination.”
—bell hooks (b. 1955)
“Our democracy, our culture, our whole way of life is a spectacular triumph of the blah. Why not have a political convention without politics to nominate a leader who’s out in front of nobody?... Maybe our national mindlessness is the very thing that keeps us from turning into one of those smelly European countries full of pseudo-reds and crypto-fascists and greens who dress like forest elves.”
—P.J. (Patrick Jake)