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Aug 2, 2020 3 tweets 2 min read Read on X
The Netherlands has the world's most democratic democracy. With 150 seats in their house, they have 13 parties in parliament right now!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_… Image
The only country where one can almost do a political compass with a full board.

#nlpoli #nlpol Image
The reason for this pluralism is that countries differ in how many % a parties must at least get to have any seats. Most countries impose an artificial limit, called election threshold. Netherlands does not.

DK has 2nd lowest at 2%. 12 parties right now.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral… Image

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