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Tuesday, November 10, 2015

A Tale Of Two Elections: Canada And Turkey | Jack Jedwab

A Tale Of Two Elections: Canada And Turkey
Posted: 11/10/2015 11:51 am EST Updated: 11/10/2015 11:59 am EST

Two weeks, two elections. October 19th and November 1st are dates that marked the respective political histories of Canada and Turkey. Both countries elected majority governments defying the many pollsters and pundits that predicted the emergence of minority governments. In both cases the ruling parties (the Conservatives in Canada and the AKP-Justice and Development Party in Turkey) were in power for more than two terms (in Turkey's case the government called a snap election after five months of minority rule).

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