Election Day.... in Denmark, at least.

I freely admit I don't always 'get' how elections are run here in Denmark.

They don't have a bicamarel system here, just "Folketinget" or "The People's Thing". The way it works is there's a Red Block (generally left leaning) and a Blue Block (generally right leaning) which are a group of different political parties. How many 'seats' a party gets is directly related to how many votes it gets. So if there's 100 seats, and the Social Democrats win 20% of the votes, they'd get 20 seats in the Folketing.

Here's how it's currently divvied up:

Conservatives (Blue Block):

Venstre (Liberal Party) (V) .................................................................................................................47.

Dansk Folkeparti (Danish People’s Party) (DF) ........................................................................... 24

Det Konservative Folkeparti (Conservative Party) (KF) ........................................................... 17.

Liberal Alliance (Liberal Alliance) (LA) ........................................................................................... 3

Kristendemokraterne (Christian Democrats) (KD)....................................................................... 1

Liberals:

Socialdemokratiet (Social Democratic Party) (S) .................................................................... 45

Socialistisk Folkeparti (Socialist People’s Party) (SF) ............................................................. 23

Enhedslisten (Unity List) (EL) ............................................................................................................ 4

Radikale Venstre (Social Liberal Party) (RV) ................................................................................ 9

Others:

Inuit Ataqatigiit (Greenland) (IA) .................................................................................................... 1

Siumut (Greenland) (SIU) ................................................................................................................... 1

Tjóðveldi (The Faroe Islands) (T) ...................................................................................................... 1

Sambandsflokkurin (The Faroe Islands) (SP) ............................................................................... 1

Outside the parliamentary groups (Independent) (UFG) ......................................................... 2

Some of the groups in the red & blue blocks are actually quite 'centrist', but they're generally divvied up as I've shown them - they're with the ideologies they most agree with, or vote along with.

The 'others' are the votes for Greenland, the Faroe islands and other people - Greenland and the Faroes are self governing, but still part of the Kingdom of Denmark - and thus have a vote. Think Puerto Rico - they're self governing, but still abide by US laws, etc.

Hopefully, the blue block loses their asses. DF (Dansk Folkeparti) or the Danish People's Party makes those Tea Party Nutjobs in the US look like Left Wing Liberals. If you're not Danish, you don't belong in Denmark. If you're muslim, you don't belong in Europe. They're the reason behind immigration problems and whatnot.

Let's hope Denmark votes red tomorrow!