Pirate Party wins 9% of Vote in Germany on Talk like a Pirate Day
”We want to make public all data, all administrative procedures,” said Martin Delius, a 27-year-old IT engineer.
The election win has thrust the party, and its leader, into the limelight. ”From IT-nerd to full-time politician,” said the Financial Times Deutschland online edition in a profile of Andreas Baum, the head of the group.
Its supporters and leaders are young and well educated - most of those who voted for the party were under 30, according to an election analysis by television channel ZDF.
I feel that this kind of sentiment will be coming soon from young, savvy voters here in the US. The advantage of a percentage-based system is that you don’t need much to still get a few seats in parliament so it’s tougher to get on the board in the US system of voting. (not saying I prefer percentage-based voting). I would hope to combine the pirate party’s ”free our data” sentiment with some smart, transparent taxation and spending policies to make a great middle of the road political group. More on that, perhaps, coming soon.
As for their victory on such an ARRRRRRspicious day, I say to ye, HUZZAH! and YARRRR!
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