Comments on: Alberto Fujimori: The “Last Samurai” http://poliblogger.com/?p=12293 A rough draft of my thoughts... Wed, 03 Oct 2025 07:13:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: PoliBlog ™: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts » No Seat for the Last Samurai http://poliblogger.com/?p=12293#comment-1363874 Mon, 30 Jul 2025 13:24:35 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=12293#comment-1363874 [...] This was the expected outcome. A shame, as I think this is the last time I can refer to Fujimori as the Last Samurai (a designation I find rather amusing, although I will allow that I may be the only one thus amused). [...] […] This was the expected outcome. A shame, as I think this is the last time I can refer to Fujimori as the Last Samurai (a designation I find rather amusing, although I will allow that I may be the only one thus amused). […]

]]> by: PoliBlog ™: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts » No Seat for the Last Samurai http://poliblogger.com/?p=12293#comment-1363875 Mon, 30 Jul 2025 13:24:35 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=12293#comment-1363875 [...] This was the expected outcome. A shame, as I think this is the last time I can refer to Fujimori as the Last Samurai (a designation I find rather amusing, although I will allow that I may be the only one thus amused). [...] […] This was the expected outcome. A shame, as I think this is the last time I can refer to Fujimori as the Last Samurai (a designation I find rather amusing, although I will allow that I may be the only one thus amused). […]

]]> by: PoliBlog ™: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts » Ruling LDP Suffers “Utter Defeat” in Japanese Upper House Elections http://poliblogger.com/?p=12293#comment-1363869 Sun, 29 Jul 2025 15:19:15 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=12293#comment-1363869 [...] word at this point on the fate of the Last Samurai. Sphere: Related Content Filed under: Elections, Asia || [...] […] word at this point on the fate of the Last Samurai. Sphere: Related Content Filed under: Elections, Asia || […]

]]> by: MSS http://poliblogger.com/?p=12293#comment-1363833 Thu, 26 Jul 2025 00:17:17 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=12293#comment-1363833 Yeah, reading the LAT, one might get the impression that there was actually an electoral system called "complex form of proportional representation." I can't say for sure, but I think I read that phrase once years ago about an <i>Israeli</i> election. (I know I have read it about many a PR election over the years.) I mean, what is so complex about getting a share of 120 seats that almost exactly the same as your share of national votes, as is the case in Israel? Seems pretty simple to me. But then nothing is less complex than the American political process. Sure thing. And every American can tell you all the details of beautifully simple rules like the presidential primaries and the electoral college and all the other US electoral systems that the whole world would like to emulate. Yeah, reading the LAT, one might get the impression that there was actually an electoral system called “complex form of proportional representation.”

I can’t say for sure, but I think I read that phrase once years ago about an Israeli election. (I know I have read it about many a PR election over the years.) I mean, what is so complex about getting a share of 120 seats that almost exactly the same as your share of national votes, as is the case in Israel? Seems pretty simple to me.

But then nothing is less complex than the American political process. Sure thing. And every American can tell you all the details of beautifully simple rules like the presidential primaries and the electoral college and all the other US electoral systems that the whole world would like to emulate.

]]> by: Fruits and Votes http://poliblogger.com/?p=12293#comment-1363832 Thu, 26 Jul 2025 00:09:54 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=12293#comment-1363832 <strong>Japan’s upper house election: Fujimori is running on the PNP list</strong> Fujimori is running on the national list. The list is open, so presumably the party has determined that his celebrity might bring a few extra votes to the party. ... Japan’s upper house election: Fujimori is running on the PNP list

Fujimori is running on the national list. The list is open, so presumably the party has determined that his celebrity might bring a few extra votes to the party.
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]]> by: Dr. Steven Taylor http://poliblogger.com/?p=12293#comment-1363825 Wed, 25 Jul 2025 19:18:14 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=12293#comment-1363825 American papers are horrible about dealing with electoral rules. Indeed, they usually write such stories as if the whole world elects legislatures the same way the US does. American papers are horrible about dealing with electoral rules. Indeed, they usually write such stories as if the whole world elects legislatures the same way the US does.

]]> by: MSS http://poliblogger.com/?p=12293#comment-1363824 Wed, 25 Jul 2025 19:14:15 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=12293#comment-1363824 Typically, an American paper (and one of the better ones, no less) fails to inform as to how Fujimori would be elected. As the quote from me (thanks for that, of course, I am so quotable) notes, there are two tiers to the Japanese upper house (as is the case with the lower). And even the list tier of the upper house has a candidate-preference vote (unlike in the lower). While I am fairly certain he'd fail to win the nominal race in a district, his celebrity could attract some protest votes to the national list of such a small party, if that is where he is running. In fact, if the party is not actually serious about getting him elected, but just wanted the publicity, he's running in the constituency race. If, on the other hand, this is a deal to get both national attention for the PNP <i>and</i> to get him immunity (as has been alleged), then he's on the list. Not that the latter would guarantee him election, of course, given that it is the PNP's voters who will determine the rank on the (open) list. A little time on news searches did not turn up the answer as to which tier he is running in. Typically, an American paper (and one of the better ones, no less) fails to inform as to how Fujimori would be elected. As the quote from me (thanks for that, of course, I am so quotable) notes, there are two tiers to the Japanese upper house (as is the case with the lower). And even the list tier of the upper house has a candidate-preference vote (unlike in the lower).

While I am fairly certain he’d fail to win the nominal race in a district, his celebrity could attract some protest votes to the national list of such a small party, if that is where he is running. In fact, if the party is not actually serious about getting him elected, but just wanted the publicity, he’s running in the constituency race. If, on the other hand, this is a deal to get both national attention for the PNP and to get him immunity (as has been alleged), then he’s on the list. Not that the latter would guarantee him election, of course, given that it is the PNP’s voters who will determine the rank on the (open) list.

A little time on news searches did not turn up the answer as to which tier he is running in.

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