Re:Estonia's e-residency program expands abroad
by coretx on Saturday April 04, 2015 @09:45AM
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There is basically two political parties in Estonia. A russian one, and a Estonian one.
The capital, where most people live is politically dominated by Russians.
I just invited some Estonian friends that campaign against the ID-Card and E-voting system to respond in this thread :)
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Re:Estonia's e-residency program expands abroad
by emerongi on Saturday April 04, 2015 @10:02AM
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That's not true at all. Keskerakond does hold a lot of power (in Tallinn), but you're overdramatizing it way too much.
The reason why you're saying that there's "two political parties" is because Estonians' votes are spread out between 3-5 parties, whereas Russians only vote for 1 (Keskerakond). So yes, in the end, there's two main big parties (which is the same for a lot of countries), but saying that there's "basically 2 parties" is completely ignorant. Estonians' views are spread out, whereas Russians feel like they have to vote for Keskerakond to have at least some political power. Also to note, a lot of elderly Estonians also vote for Keskerakond (my grandparents for example), so Keskerakond is not just a Russian party.