With the fourth Rutte cabinet subjected to an untimely demise over immigration, the Dutch political landscape appears to be wide open for the first time in years.
Having entered the Dutch House of Representatives in the 2021 General Election with a single seat, the BoerBurgerBeweging (Farmer-Citizen Movement) has enjoyed a rapid rise in political prominence in the past years due to the influence of its down-to-earth lone MP, Caroline van der Plas. Her efforts culminated in a decisive victory in the Provincial Elections earlier this year, when they won a plurality in every province.
The BBB has taken its mandate seriously and now governs ten of the Netherlands' twelve provinces. However, since then their shine has faded a bit: Pieter Omtzigt threw his towel in the ring and the BBB seems to have failed to lure him into their party. Did the BBB peak too early? Or can it subvert the expectation that Omtzigt will take all of their voters?
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However, the party has been subjected to a slow decline, with occasional temporary renaissances. Having been reduced to fifteen seats in 2021, just barely above the low point of thirteen seats in 2012, 2023 seems set to be another disaster. With its rural base forfeit to the BBB and other Christian Democrats defecting en masse to their nr. 2 from last time, Pieter Omtzigt, the CDA risks marginalization and over the longer term extinction. Can a new party leader safeguard the survival of an institution?
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Since its creation, the party, which combines a progressive fiscal policy with a conservative social policy, has remained stable with between four and six seats. As the larger parties became smaller, this position has secured it a kingmaker position in three cabinets: the fourth Balkenende cabinet with CDA and PvdA, and the third and fourth Rutte cabinets. Having played a key role in the fall of that last one, setting the stage for this snap election, the ChristianUnion's goal is to remain stable, or maybe even with a seat or two...
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The 2021 election was the latest up, with D66 being its main winner, together with the VVD. It has been rewarded with a strong influence on policy in the latest cabinet, but its decision not to put an end to Mark Rutte's career in 2021 has cost it dearly. In the polls, D66 is not doing too hot. Can it avoid a down, after the up?
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In the 2017 and subsequent 2021 elections, DENK successfully defended the two seats it took from the PvdA and even secured a third one through its immigrant base. DENK's stated goal is to broaden its perception from merely immigrant, 'Turkish' or 'Islamic' party to a broader conservative center-left party. To do this, it will have to contend with its sometimes controversial record (like being the only ones to vote against recognizing the Armenian genocide) without losing the faith of their existing supporters.
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In 2019, Forum seemingly out of nowhere became the largest party in that year's provincial elections, as a result of which they also secured the largest faction in the Dutch Senate, which soon fell apart. As a result of this infighting and the seeming radicalisation of its foreman Thierry Baudet, its electoral fortunes have since reversed, though Forum still managed to expand its delegation in the House of Representatives to eight last time on the back of his fierce criticism of the Covid-19 policies of the previous cabinet. Is Forum still a force to be reckoned with?
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GroenLinks' reduction to 9 seats in 2021 and the subsequent betrayal by D66's lack of insistence on GL and PvdA involvement in the cabinet has strengthened the push for a joint list between the two parties.
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Ontwaakt, verdoemde in hongers sfeer!
Reedlijk willen stroomt over de aarde
En die stroom rijst al meer en meer.
Sterft, gij oude vormen en gedachten!
Slaafgeboornen, ontwaakt, ontwaakt!
De wereld steunt op nieuwe krachten,Begeerte heeft ons aangeraakt!
Congratulations, comrade! With the support of our allies in Pyongyang, LinksOm, or as we will now reveal, the new New Communist Party of the Netherlands, has crushed Mark Rutte's bourgeoise tyranny and installed a government beholden to the worker with a majority of its own. To a green and equal future!\", \"electoral_loss_message\": \"
Someone has won a majority? Something has gone wrong, or you did not select proportional.
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Omtzigt is exceedingly popular with a large section of the population of all political stripes, both due to being credited for exposing the Child Welfare Scandal that put an end to the third Rutte Cabinet and because he is seen as an underdog, bullied by an establishment (mainly personified by his old party the CDA and the VVD) for taking them on.
Omtzigt's popularity shows no signs of abating, and polls suggest he could ride it to the Prime Minister's Tower if he wants. However, there are still risk factors at play: his support comes from all ideological colors, and he is bound to unable to keep everyone satisfied when it comes to policy. Secondly, the Dutch electoral system does not lend itself to independent runs, so this political einzelgänger will have to find allies, or (re)join an existing party.
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You probably do not even have enough people in your group to fill this faction. Even your lijstduwer has likely been elected.\", \"electoral_loss_message\": \"
Someone has won a majority? Something has gone wrong, or you did not select proportional.
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JA21 purports to be a 'proper' right-wing party that fills the perceived electoral gap between the conservative liberal VVD and the rightwing populist PVV. In doing so it both claims the original vision Forum as well as the ideas of the assassinated politician Pim Fortuyn, who kickstarted Eerdmans career by putting him in the Tweede Kamer for the first time in 2002, and whose Leefbaar Rotterdam party he led for an extended time.
Can JA21 recover the momentum it lost to the BBB?
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As a testimonial party, the SGP has never been in government. The SGP is most infamous for its opinions on the relationship between men and women. In 2005 it was stripped from its government subsidies because of its rule that women cannot become members of the party, pressure to which the SGP eventually caved, although there are even today still no women on their list. The SGP has a very stable base of strongly religious calvinists, and very few others would consider voting for them, making the campaign more or less a formality for them.
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Since the party broke into parliament, the party steadily grew into an influential opposition party, with as a high point the election of 2006, when it surpassed the VVD to become the country's third largest party. Later, in 2012, the SP was even considered to be competitive to become the nation's largest party, but its dreams were crushed by a disappointing debate parformance. Since the departure of Emile Roemer, the SP has been steadily declining. Can the trend be reversed?
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However, more recently the PvdA has undergone a rapid decline. After having governed with the VVD in the second Rutte cabinet, the PvdA lost a record-shattering 29 seats, leaving them with a mere 9 seats. After a similar performance in 2021, perhaps the party must swallow its pride and merge with the Greens?
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Since becoming the first animal-rights party to be represented in any parliament, the PvdD has slowly broadened its appeal, to the point where they won six seats in the 2021 election. Indeed, polls do look hopeful for another modest increase, with some polls putting the Animal Party on 10 seats. However, there is one obstacle brewing behind the scenes: disagreement between party leadership and lead candidate as to whether the PvdD is to remain a testimonial party - one that never compromises and therefore never joins any coalition - or if it is time to take up the glove of governance?
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The PVV would eventually turn into the most stable inheritor of the political legacy left by the late Pim Fortuyn and his ill-fated LPF. In 2010 the party claimed 24 seats and entered into a confidence-and-supply arrangement with the VVD and CDA in the first Rutte cabinet. These parties did not take kindly to Wilders' decision to pull out of that arrangement, calling in the end of that cabinet. Since then, the PVV has essentially remained stuck in a so-called 'cordon sanitaire', with none of the mainstream parties being willing to cooperate with them.
The rise of FvD, the BBB and now Omtzigt has put the PVV's electoral prospects under pressure. At the same time, with the end of the Rutte era, so too melts the VVD's grudge against the PVV. Perhaps another shot at government is on the cards?
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Aside from its obvious support for greater integration within the European Union, which they frequently cite as the solution to many problems, Volt sports socially liberal policy positions, causing to mainly compete with D66 and to a lesser degree GroenLinks and the VVD for voters. Having secured its place in the national political scene two years earlier, the party is hoping to remain on an upwards trajectory. The downturn of D66 may help with that goal, but the nomination of European Commissioner Frans Timmermans as the leader of the joint GL/PvdA list is sure to pose a challenge for the young party.
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For thirteen years, Rutte successfully fended off challenges to his position. However, the fall of his fourth cabinet has undermined his position and made him ripe for the vengeance of an opposition eager to deprive the VVD of its electoral boon. If the VVD intends to go into this election with its incumbent, there are political games to be won. But perhaps it is time for a new face anyway?
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'Say Mark' she says 'What will become of this country when you are gone?'. 'Don't worry, your majesty' the prime minister replies. 'They are going to upload my mind onto a computer. Such a time will never come'.
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Caroline, who has an Irish mother and whose name is pronounced in the English way, has been widely credited for the successes of the BBB since she narrowly entered the House of Representatives in 2021 with her down-to-earth demeanor. After the convincing victory of the BBB in the provincial elections the party has led the polls for a general election too.
However, there are some doubts about her fitness to be prime minister, and Pieter Omtzigt's overwhelming popularity and ideological vicinity could easily reverse the BBB's momentum.
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Omtzigt's reputation has been supercharged by a sequence of events: at first his success in uncovering the Childcare Benefit Scandal, leading to the fall of the third Rutte cabinet. Then the revelation that VVD, D66 and CDA were looking into promoting him away from parliament, which was revealed to be started by prime minister Rutte. And then finally the insults that led him to leave his party. This made him the hero of those tired of the status quo, from left to right, and by far the nation's most popular politician.
Can this fragile coalition last in a campaign where he will need to provide clarity on the issues, however?
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As European Commissioner, Timmermans led the charge for the European Green Deal, giving him ideal credentials to both represent GroenLinks and his own PvdA, and a claim to great expertise in comparison to his rivals for the premiership.
On the other hand, a political insider of near-pension age may have trouble in unifying the progressive wing, whereas his ambitious record in Europe will hang over any attempts to break into the center.
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Since then, his star power faded somewhat. In the 2021 elections, GroenLinks fell back to its usual size of nine seats, mostly attributed to his decision not to take part in the third Rutte government over migration.
Following 2021, Jesse has proven himself an avid supporter of deeper cooperation between the PvdA and GroenLinks. A plan to get into government together was foiled when the big winner of 2021, D66, let go of its insistence on working with the two parties. This strengthened the move, leading to a joint Senate faction following this year's provincials. Now an unexpected early demise of the fourth government puts haste into the process. Can Jesse steer his party into a joint list that the rest of politics can no longer ignore?
\", \"candidate_score\": 0.0}}, {\"model\": \"campaign_trail.candidate\", \"pk\": 514, \"fields\": {\"first_name\": \"Mark\", \"last_name\": \"Rutte\", \"election\": 11, \"party\": \"VVD\", \"state\": \"Zuid-Holland\", \"priority\": 8, \"description\": \"'\", \"color_hex\": \"#FF0000\", \"secondary_color_hex\": \"#FFA0A0\", \"is_active\": 0, \"image_url\": \"https://i.imgur.com/auYBUUm.png\", \"electoral_victory_message\": \"'\", \"electoral_loss_message\": \"'\", \"no_electoral_majority_message\": \"'\", \"description_as_running_mate\": \"Mark Rutte is the longest-serving prime minister in Dutch political history, and the first one to be a member of the VVD. Before taking the office from his predecessor Jan-Peter Balkenende in 2010, Rutte led the VVD from the opposition after he lost the 2006 election amid unrest within his own party.
It would be an understatement to say that Rutte is a political giant, and a proven election winner who loves his job as prime minister. Yet, his long tenure also brings problems with it: crises affecting the country now stick to his name, and his popularity outside his VVD base is ailing, especially after a scandal in 2021 where he was revealed to have sought to neutralize Pieter Omtzigt politically. The rest of the political spectrum is now eager to relieve the VVD of its electoral asset, so if Rutte is to secure another four years in the Prime Minister's Tower he will have to slyly outplay them. Or perhaps it is finally time for a new face?
\", \"candidate_score\": 0.0}}, {\"model\": \"campaign_trail.candidate\", \"pk\": 512, \"fields\": {\"first_name\": \"\", \"last_name\": \"Newcomers/others\", \"election\": 11, \"party\": \"-\", \"state\": \"-\", \"priority\": 19, \"description\": \"'\", \"color_hex\": \"#000000\", \"secondary_color_hex\": \"#A8A8A8\", \"is_active\": 0, \"image_url\": \"'\", \"electoral_victory_message\": \"'\", \"electoral_loss_message\": \"'\", \"no_electoral_majority_message\": \"'\", \"description_as_running_mate\": \"'\", \"candidate_score\": 1.0}}, {\"model\": \"campaign_trail.candidate\", \"pk\": 110, \"fields\": {\"first_name\": \"Ahmed\", \"last_name\": \"Aboutaleb\", \"election\": 11, \"party\": \"GL/PvdA (PvdA)\", \"state\": \"Zuid-Holland\", \"priority\": 1, \"description\": \"'\", \"color_hex\": \"#B56B21\", \"secondary_color_hex\": \"#DE9B59\", \"is_active\": 0, \"image_url\": \"https://i.imgur.com/9hs8ke1.png\", \"electoral_victory_message\": \"'\", \"electoral_loss_message\": \"'\", \"no_electoral_majority_message\": \"'\", \"description_as_running_mate\": \"Ahmed Aboutaleb is the current long-time mayor of port-city Rotterdam, which he has been since 2009 and in the capacity of which he is highly popular. Before his current post this Dutch-Moroccan first worked as a journalist and then became State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment in the fourth Balkenende cabinet.
As Rotterdam's mayor, Aboutaleb has primarily presided over leftwing municipal governments. As a result, he has strong credentials on traditionally rightwing topics such as law and order. This could make him ideally suited to help GL/PvdA break into the center. However, it also puts him at risk of deflating the left and causing an exodus by GroenLinks-supporters, with no guarantee that he can actually convince traditional VVD voters would actually make the jump to GL/PvdA simply because they like him as a potential prime minister.
\", \"candidate_score\": 0.0}}, {\"model\": \"campaign_trail.candidate\", \"pk\": 515, \"fields\": {\"first_name\": \"Dilan\", \"last_name\": \"Yeşilgöz-Zegerius\", \"election\": 11, \"party\": \"VVD\", \"state\": \"Noord-Holland\", \"priority\": 8, \"description\": \"'\", \"color_hex\": \"#FF0000\", \"secondary_color_hex\": \"#FFA0A0\", \"is_active\": 0, \"image_url\": \"https://i.imgur.com/tFzIPQT.png\", \"electoral_victory_message\": \"'\", \"electoral_loss_message\": \"'\", \"no_electoral_majority_message\": \"'\", \"description_as_running_mate\": \"Born in Turkey, from where she came to the Netherlands as a refugee with her family as a child, Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius started her career in the Socialist Party. After having been active in the PvdA and GroenLinks as well, she eventually joined the VVD and was elected on their behalf to the Amsterdam municipal council, where she profiled herself with measures against street intimidation.
In 2017, Yeşilgöz was elected to the Dutch House of Representatives, but soon became State Secretary of Economic Affairs and Climate, in the capacity of which she played a key role in the coming together of the Climate Act. In 2021, she (controversially, having no law background) became Minister of Justice and Security, entering the forefront of VVD leadership, and started to be recognized as a possible successor to Mark Rutte.
Although Yeşilgöz-Zegerius is, like most prominent VVDers on the national level, a trusted associate of Mark Rutte, her law and order credentials put her on the right wing of the party.
\", \"candidate_score\": 0.0}}, {\"model\": \"campaign_trail.candidate\", \"pk\": 516, \"fields\": {\"first_name\": \"Rob\", \"last_name\": \"Jetten\", \"election\": 11, \"party\": \"D66\", \"state\": \"Noord-Brabant\", \"priority\": 8, \"description\": \"'\", \"color_hex\": \"#FF0000\", \"secondary_color_hex\": \"#FFA0A0\", \"is_active\": 0, \"image_url\": \"https://i.imgur.com/qHura3w.png\", \"electoral_victory_message\": \"'\", \"electoral_loss_message\": \"'\", \"no_electoral_majority_message\": \"'\", \"description_as_running_mate\": \"Rob Jetten is the incumbent minister for Climate and Energy in the fourth Rutte Cabinet. Before that, he led the parliamentary group of D66, succeeding Alexander Pechtold. He had ambitions to become party leader in 2021 already, but decided not to contest it when Sigrid Kaag announced her own bid. Kaag then went on to win a historic election victory, securing D66 24 seats, equal to its high point in 1994.
With Kaag's departure, the opportunity has opened up for Jetten to lead D66 into the elections. It will however be an uphill battle: the rise of GL/PvdA, under a European commissioner no less, will doubtlessly attract many D66ers, and the VVD reaction to it might also take from its support. Can Jetten secure relevance for D66?
\", \"candidate_score\": 0.0}}, {\"model\": \"campaign_trail.candidate\", \"pk\": 517, \"fields\": {\"first_name\": \"Geert\", \"last_name\": \"Wilders\", \"election\": 11, \"party\": \"PVV\", \"state\": \"Limburg\", \"priority\": 8, \"description\": \"'\", \"color_hex\": \"#FF0000\", \"secondary_color_hex\": \"#FFA0A0\", \"is_active\": 0, \"image_url\": \"https://i.imgur.com/wPBwa6n.png\", \"electoral_victory_message\": \"'\", \"electoral_loss_message\": \"'\", \"no_electoral_majority_message\": \"'\", \"description_as_running_mate\": \"Born from a Dutch father and an Indo-European mother, Geert Wilders began his career in the VVD, as a staffer for the party's parliamentary faction at the time led by Frits Bolkestein. He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1998, which makes him the most senior parliamentarian. Wilders even mentored Mark Rutte when he was still in the VVD. He left the party after a dispute about whether Turkey should be allowed to join the European Union, splitting off as Groep Wilders and founding the PVV for the elections two years later.
Wilders' high point was in 2010, when his PVV secured 23 seats and entered into a supply-and-confidence agreement with the VVD and CDA. However, this government collapsed early in 2012. Since then, the PVV has been stuck in a de-facto Cordon Sanitaire. Seeing how the PVV has no opportunity to govern, voters started looking to alternatives, like FvD or BBB, but perhaps Rutte's departure could bring about a change?
\", \"candidate_score\": 0.0}}, {\"model\": \"campaign_trail.candidate\", \"pk\": 518, \"fields\": {\"first_name\": \"Sigrid\", \"last_name\": \"Kaag\", \"election\": 11, \"party\": \"D66\", \"state\": \"Zuid-Holland\", \"priority\": 8, \"description\": \"'\", \"color_hex\": \"#FF0000\", \"secondary_color_hex\": \"#FFA0A0\", \"is_active\": 0, \"image_url\": \"https://i.imgur.com/x4OndBA.png\", \"electoral_victory_message\": \"'\", \"electoral_loss_message\": \"'\", \"no_electoral_majority_message\": \"'\", \"description_as_running_mate\": \"The incumbent leader of D66, Sigrid Kaag, had a long career as a diplomat and in the international scene, before she became minister of Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation. From there, she secured the leadership of D66 and had a strong election in 2021, under her banner of 'new leadership'.
Since then, however, her reputation, along with her party's, has been damaged. Many D66 voters consider her to have betrayed her promise of 'new leadership' when she bailed out Mark Rutte after he was caught trying to neutralize Pieter Omtzigt politically. This is compounded by the rise of GL/PvdA sucking up the strategic left voter. Can Kaag prevent a fall from grace?
\", \"candidate_score\": 0.0}}, {\"model\": \"campaign_trail.candidate\", \"pk\": 519, \"fields\": {\"first_name\": \"Attje\", \"last_name\": \"Kuiken\", \"election\": 11, \"party\": \"PvdA\", \"state\": \"Groningen\", \"priority\": 8, \"description\": \"'\", \"color_hex\": \"#FF0000\", \"secondary_color_hex\": \"#FFA0A0\", \"is_active\": 0, \"image_url\": \"https://i.imgur.com/MtzmMS5.png\", \"electoral_victory_message\": \"'\", \"electoral_loss_message\": \"'\", \"no_electoral_majority_message\": \"'\", \"description_as_running_mate\": \"Attje Kuiken is the current leader of the PvdA in the House of Representatives. Prior to her political career, Kuiken used to work at the Security Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. She entered the House of Representatives in 2006 on the 14th place on the list, and has been an MP since.
Following Lilianne Ploumen's resignation, Kuiken defeated Nijboer to claim the party's leadership. Kuiken has taken the lead over the Labour Party at a time of crisis: still stuck on an abominable 9 seats, the process to merge with GroenLinks is accelerating. Is Attje the right person to lead this process?
\", \"candidate_score\": 0.0}}, {\"model\": \"campaign_trail.candidate\", \"pk\": 520, \"fields\": {\"first_name\": \"Mirjam\", \"last_name\": \"Bikker\", \"election\": 11, \"party\": \"CU\", \"state\": \"Zuid-Holland\", \"priority\": 8, \"description\": \"'\", \"color_hex\": \"#FF0000\", \"secondary_color_hex\": \"#FFA0A0\", \"is_active\": 0, \"image_url\": \"https://i.imgur.com/26Wfehc.png\", \"electoral_victory_message\": \"'\", \"electoral_loss_message\": \"'\", \"no_electoral_majority_message\": \"'\", \"description_as_running_mate\": \"Mirjam Bikker entered politics in the municipal council of Utrecht in 2006, where she studied at the time.She attracted national interest (and criticism) when she opposed a large advertisement depicting a woman in bikini. During this period, she also fought to prevent abuse in window prostitution, which eventually led to the location being closed.
After working as a staffer for the ChristianUnion parliamentary faction, she was elected as senator in 2015, and was elected to the House of Representatives in 2021. When Gert-Jan Segers stopped as party leader, Bikker was elected without opposition to succeed him in that role, which she still has. Can Bikker prove once again that the CU can govern constructively without losing support?
\", \"candidate_score\": 0.0}}, {\"model\": \"campaign_trail.candidate\", \"pk\": 521, \"fields\": {\"first_name\": \"Stephan\", \"last_name\": \"van Baarle\", \"election\": 11, \"party\": \"DENK\", \"state\": \"Zuid-Holland\", \"priority\": 8, \"description\": \"'\", \"color_hex\": \"#FF0000\", \"secondary_color_hex\": \"#FFA0A0\", \"is_active\": 0, \"image_url\": \"https://i.imgur.com/6fJNWcU.png\", \"electoral_victory_message\": \"'\", \"electoral_loss_message\": \"'\", \"no_electoral_majority_message\": \"'\", \"description_as_running_mate\": \"Stephan van Baarle was one of the first members of DENK when the party was founded, and consequently became the director its scientific bureau, STATERA, in 2015, as part of which he participated in writing the party's electoral program. Although Van Baarle failed to enter the House of Representatives in 2017, he successfully led DENK in the Rotterdam municipal elections, and eventually entered the House in 2021.
Although Van Baarle does have a half-Turkish background, he distinguishes himself from his predecessors Kuzu and Azarkan in that he is agnostic and not Muslim. This could provide him with the ideal background to try and broaden DENK's appeal beyond its stable Turkish immigrant base, if he so desires.
\", \"candidate_score\": 0.0}}, {\"model\": \"campaign_trail.candidate\", \"pk\": 522, \"fields\": {\"first_name\": \"Thierry\", \"last_name\": \"Baudet\", \"election\": 11, \"party\": \"FvD\", \"state\": \"Noord-Holland\", \"priority\": 8, \"description\": \"'\", \"color_hex\": \"#FF0000\", \"secondary_color_hex\": \"#FFA0A0\", \"is_active\": 0, \"image_url\": \"https://i.imgur.com/LilkZf1.png\", \"electoral_victory_message\": \"'\", \"electoral_loss_message\": \"'\", \"no_electoral_majority_message\": \"'\", \"description_as_running_mate\": \"Thierry Baudet achieved national prominence in 2016 as one of the main initiators of the 2016 referendum on the Ukrainian Association agreement, and ran for parliament in 2017 when the government failed to follow the outcome of the referendum.
Baudet made name for himself as an eccentric. He held his maiden speech in parliament in Latin. Nevertheless, in his early career he was often viewed as a more moderate alternative to the PVV. On the back of this, he led his Forum to victory in the 2019 provincial elections, raising the prospect of him becoming prime minister. However, after he increasingly sided with more radical elements within his party, Forum's electoral fortunes reversed with infighting. The 2021 election was still a relative success as Baudet was the only one to oppose the government's measures, securing Forum eight seats. With the pandemic a distant memory, retaining those voters may be difficult, however.
\", \"candidate_score\": 0.0}}, {\"model\": \"campaign_trail.candidate\", \"pk\": 523, \"fields\": {\"first_name\": \"Henri\", \"last_name\": \"Bontenbal\", \"election\": 11, \"party\": \"CDA\", \"state\": \"Zuid-Holland\", \"priority\": 8, \"description\": \"'\", \"color_hex\": \"#FF0000\", \"secondary_color_hex\": \"#FFA0A0\", \"is_active\": 0, \"image_url\": \"https://i.imgur.com/KgDSaZD.png\", \"electoral_victory_message\": \"'\", \"electoral_loss_message\": \"'\", \"no_electoral_majority_message\": \"'\", \"description_as_running_mate\": \"Having started his career as an advisor on sustainability, Henri Bontenbal started working in the support staff of the CDA in 2011. From there he became a junior fellow in the Scientific Institute of the CDA and started working as a senior strategy consultant for Stedin, the entity administrating the Randstad's power supply.
In 2021 he failed to be elected to the House of Representatives, being placed 17th on the CDA's list, when the CDA won only 15 seats. Nevertheless, he temporarily replaced Pieter Omtzigt during his burnout as well as Harry van der Molen. When party leader Wopke Hoekstra entered the cabinet in january 2022 he finally became a permanent member of the House. With Hoekstra leaving politics, a wounded CDA is looking for a new leader. Can Bontenbal save the CDA from extinction?
\", \"candidate_score\": 0.0}}, {\"model\": \"campaign_trail.candidate\", \"pk\": 524, \"fields\": {\"first_name\": \"Derk\", \"last_name\": \"Boswijk\", \"election\": 11, \"party\": \"CDA\", \"state\": \"Utrecht\", \"priority\": 8, \"description\": \"'\", \"color_hex\": \"#FF0000\", \"secondary_color_hex\": \"#FFA0A0\", \"is_active\": 0, \"image_url\": \"https://i.imgur.com/icAVYUO.png\", \"electoral_victory_message\": \"'\", \"electoral_loss_message\": \"'\", \"no_electoral_majority_message\": \"'\", \"description_as_running_mate\": \"Derk Boswijk originally started as the founder of an engineering bureau who started as a PVV supporter. He eventually joined the CDA and was elected to the Provincial Estates of Utrecht in 2015 and from there focused on the portfolio of environment, mobility and economy.
In 2021, he was elected to the House of Representatives, where he showed himself to be an active parliamentarian who gained credits criticizing the flawed withdrawal from Afghanistan, which has seen him compared to the CDA's forfeit star Pieter Omtzigt. Can this reputation help him secure the survival of the CDA?
\", \"candidate_score\": 0.0}}, {\"model\": \"campaign_trail.candidate\", \"pk\": 525, \"fields\": {\"first_name\": \"Chris\", \"last_name\": \"Stoffer\", \"election\": 11, \"party\": \"SGP\", \"state\": \"Utrecht\", \"priority\": 8, \"description\": \"'\", \"color_hex\": \"#FF0000\", \"secondary_color_hex\": \"#FFA0A0\", \"is_active\": 0, \"image_url\": \"https://i.imgur.com/xwDA1w0.png\", \"electoral_victory_message\": \"'\", \"electoral_loss_message\": \"'\", \"no_electoral_majority_message\": \"'\", \"description_as_running_mate\": \"Chris Stoffer is an unknown to most of the country, which is unusual for the SGP, which, owing to its electoral stability, tends to have long-standing party leaders. He has been selected to replace Kees van der Staaij, who had been in the House of Representatives since 1998 and who had been the SGP's face since 2010.
Stoffer, by contrast, spent most of his political life on the municipal council of the village of Nunspeet, when he, as the SGP's fifth on the list in 2017, inherited Elbert Dijkgraaf's seat in the House of Representatives in 2018. Will Stoffer fulfill the expectations that he will maintain the stability of the SGP as its long-time face leaves politics?
\", \"candidate_score\": 0.0}}, {\"model\": \"campaign_trail.candidate\", \"pk\": 526, \"fields\": {\"first_name\": \"Lilian\", \"last_name\": \"Marijnissen\", \"election\": 11, \"party\": \"SP\", \"state\": \"Noord-Brabant\", \"priority\": 8, \"description\": \"'\", \"color_hex\": \"#FF0000\", \"secondary_color_hex\": \"#FFA0A0\", \"is_active\": 0, \"image_url\": \"https://i.imgur.com/a6NkBgY.png\", \"electoral_victory_message\": \"'\", \"electoral_loss_message\": \"'\", \"no_electoral_majority_message\": \"'\", \"description_as_running_mate\": \"Lilian Marijnissen is the daughter of former SP-leader Jan Marijnissen, who led the SP from a tiny party only locally represented in Oss to one that reliably won representation in national politics in the 90s and then to its high point in 2006, when it beat its arch-nemesis the VVD to become the third largest party in the country.
Marijnissen took over from Emile Roemer in 2017. Since then, the SP has been defeated in every election that was held, be it municipal, European, general, municipal again or provincial. Nonetheless, she has been unanimously selected by the party to lead the party again into this election. Can she finally break her dubious streak?
\", \"candidate_score\": 0.0}}, {\"model\": \"campaign_trail.candidate\", \"pk\": 527, \"fields\": {\"first_name\": \"Esther\", \"last_name\": \"Ouwehand\", \"election\": 11, \"party\": \"PvdD\", \"state\": \"Zuid-Holland\", \"priority\": 8, \"description\": \"'\", \"color_hex\": \"#FF0000\", \"secondary_color_hex\": \"#FFA0A0\", \"is_active\": 0, \"image_url\": \"https://i.imgur.com/sl0LpVu.png\", \"electoral_victory_message\": \"'\", \"electoral_loss_message\": \"'\", \"no_electoral_majority_message\": \"'\", \"description_as_running_mate\": \"Esther Ouwehand was the second of the Animal Party's first two MPs, the other having been the party's founder and Ouwehand's predecessor as leader, Marianne Thieme.
When Thieme left the House of Representatives in 2021, Ouwehand took over from her as the party's face, and successfully continued the PvdD's slow yet steady growth, securing six seats in that year's election. This year's prospects similarly look rose-colored, despite the rise of the joint Labour-Green list theoretically making for a hostile environment.
However, unbeknownst to the public, tensions are rising between Ouwehand and the party chair, over whether the party is to remain testimonial in nature, or whether it should be willing to participate.
\", \"candidate_score\": 0.0}}, {\"model\": \"campaign_trail.candidate\", \"pk\": 528, \"fields\": {\"first_name\": \"Laurens\", \"last_name\": \"Dassen\", \"election\": 11, \"party\": \"Volt Netherlands\", \"state\": \"Noord-Brabant\", \"priority\": 8, \"description\": \"'\", \"color_hex\": \"#FF0000\", \"secondary_color_hex\": \"#FFA0A0\", \"is_active\": 0, \"image_url\": \"https://i.imgur.com/XcvD543.png\", \"electoral_victory_message\": \"'\", \"electoral_loss_message\": \"'\", \"no_electoral_majority_message\": \"'\", \"description_as_running_mate\": \"Laurens Dassen has a background in Business Administration and worked for the bank ABN AMRO in the division against money laundering before entering politics in 2018 after having been disturbed by the rise of nationalism and populism following the Brexit referendum and the election of Donald Trump. Unable to find himself in the existing parties, yet impressed by the nascent Volt Europa, he played a key role in the foundation of the Dutch subsidiary of the party, which he subsequently led in the Dutch General Election of 2021, with success: the new party secured three seats.
Now, Dassen and Volt want to grow further, but GL/PvdA led by EU heavyweight Frans Timmermans pose a formidable challenge to Volt's ambitions.
\", \"candidate_score\": 0.0}}, {\"model\": \"campaign_trail.candidate\", \"pk\": 529, \"fields\": {\"first_name\": \"Vincent\", \"last_name\": \"Karremans\", \"election\": 11, \"party\": \"VVD\", \"state\": \"Zuid-Holland\", \"priority\": 8, \"description\": \"'\", \"color_hex\": \"#FF0000\", \"secondary_color_hex\": \"#FFA0A0\", \"is_active\": 0, \"image_url\": \"https://i.imgur.com/fl5VSkD.png\", \"electoral_victory_message\": \"'\", \"electoral_loss_message\": \"'\", \"no_electoral_majority_message\": \"'\", \"description_as_running_mate\": \"Vincent Karremans is an entrepeneur and politician on the local level in the city of Rotterdam, where his Deputy Mayor today.
Karremans is internally viewed as somewhat of a rising star after he grew the VVD substantially in 2018 to become the city's second largest party behind Livable Rotterdam using hip campaign video's mocking flamboyant Forum leader Thierry Baudet. A position he managed to maintain after the 2022 elections.
Karremans could provide an opening for the more centrist wing of the VVD to take the forefront yet again, but he will have to play it strategically. The national VVD leadership is likely too cautious to nominate someone like Karremans, with no national credentials. If his bid stands opposed to a leadership-sponsored bid and is handled poorly, it could devolve into a mudfight which will likely end any hope of the VVD winning a fifth general election in a row no matter who prevails in the end.
\", \"candidate_score\": 0.0}}, {\"model\": \"campaign_trail.candidate\", \"pk\": 530, \"fields\": {\"first_name\": \"Klaas\", \"last_name\": \"Dijkhoff\", \"election\": 11, \"party\": \"VVD\", \"state\": \"Noord-Brabant\", \"priority\": 8, \"description\": \"'\", \"color_hex\": \"#FF0000\", \"secondary_color_hex\": \"#FFA0A0\", \"is_active\": 0, \"image_url\": \"https://i.imgur.com/LVkHaYe.png\", \"electoral_victory_message\": \"'\", \"electoral_loss_message\": \"'\", \"no_electoral_majority_message\": \"'\", \"description_as_running_mate\": \"Klaas Dijkhoff was the leader of the parliamentary faction of the VVD between 2017 and 2021. Before that he was briefly both member of the House of Representatives and member of the Breda municipal council, and briefly State Secretary of Safety and Justice and then Minister of Defense. Dijkhoff was long seen as the 'crown prince' of the VVD for when Mark Rutte would leave as prime minister. However, prior to the General Elections of 2021, he announced that he would not seek reelection. Afterwards he became a member of the supervisory board of Eindhoven football club PSV.
With the departure of Mark Rutte creating a power vacuum in the VVD top, and the relative popularity of Dijkhoff with both the public and the party leadership, it is likely that he would be able to easily secure the party leadership should he desire it.
\", \"candidate_score\": 0.0}}, {\"model\": \"campaign_trail.candidate\", \"pk\": 531, \"fields\": {\"first_name\": \"Joost\", \"last_name\": \"Eerdmans\", \"election\": 11, \"party\": \"JA21\", \"state\": \"Zuid-Holland\", \"priority\": 8, \"description\": \"'\", \"color_hex\": \"#FF0000\", \"secondary_color_hex\": \"#FFA0A0\", \"is_active\": 0, \"image_url\": \"https://i.imgur.com/zpjHNKi.png\", \"electoral_victory_message\": \"'\", \"electoral_loss_message\": \"'\", \"no_electoral_majority_message\": \"'\", \"description_as_running_mate\": \"Bernhard Johannes (Joost) Eerdmans' political career had been jumpstarted when he connected with Pim Fortuyn shortly after Fortuyn leaving Livable Netherlands and starting his own Pim Fortuyn List. Eerdmans was 19th on the LPF list and was consequently elected to the House of Representatives when the LPF won 26 seats, nine days after Fortuyn's death.
Having become the number two of the LPF, Eerdmans was re-elected to the House after the demise of the first Balkenende cabinet. By 2006, with the LPF in tatters, he tried to be re-elected with the new party EénNL, which failed. After that, he was active in municipal politics in Cappelle and then Rotterdam. After a brief stint with Forum, which he left before the 2021 election, he formed JA21 with fellow Forumite Annabel Nanninga. Since 2021, Eerdmans has led a small faction of two parliamentarians. Can he preserve his position?
\", \"candidate_score\": 0.0}}]"); campaignTrail_temp.running_mate_json = JSON.parse("[{\"model\": \"campaign_trail.running_mate\", \"pk\": 68, \"fields\": {\"candidate\": 105, \"running_mate\": 108}}, {\"model\": \"campaign_trail.running_mate\", \"pk\": 69, \"fields\": {\"candidate\": 20, \"running_mate\": 109}}, {\"model\": \"campaign_trail.running_mate\", \"pk\": 70, \"fields\": {\"candidate\": 106, \"running_mate\": 110}}, {\"model\": \"campaign_trail.running_mate\", \"pk\": 71, \"fields\": {\"candidate\": 106, \"running_mate\": 111}}, {\"model\": \"campaign_trail.running_mate\", \"pk\": 72, \"fields\": {\"candidate\": 23, \"running_mate\": 514}}, {\"model\": \"campaign_trail.running_mate\", \"pk\": 73, \"fields\": {\"candidate\": 106, \"running_mate\": 112}}, {\"model\": \"campaign_trail.running_mate\", \"pk\": 72, \"fields\": {\"candidate\": 512, \"running_mate\": 515}}, {\"model\": \"campaign_trail.running_mate\", \"pk\": 74, \"fields\": {\"candidate\": 512, \"running_mate\": 516}}, {\"model\": \"campaign_trail.running_mate\", \"pk\": 72, \"fields\": {\"candidate\": 25, \"running_mate\": 517}}, {\"model\": \"campaign_trail.running_mate\", \"pk\": 75, \"fields\": {\"candidate\": 24, \"running_mate\": 518}}, {\"model\": \"campaign_trail.running_mate\", \"pk\": 76, \"fields\": {\"candidate\": 116, \"running_mate\": 519}}, {\"model\": \"campaign_trail.running_mate\", \"pk\": 77, \"fields\": {\"candidate\": 78, \"running_mate\": 520}}, {\"model\": \"campaign_trail.running_mate\", \"pk\": 78, \"fields\": {\"candidate\": 92, \"running_mate\": 521}}, {\"model\": \"campaign_trail.running_mate\", \"pk\": 79, \"fields\": {\"candidate\": 68, \"running_mate\": 522}}, {\"model\": \"campaign_trail.running_mate\", \"pk\": 80, \"fields\": {\"candidate\": 21, \"running_mate\": 523}}, {\"model\": \"campaign_trail.running_mate\", \"pk\": 81, \"fields\": {\"candidate\": 21, \"running_mate\": 524}}, {\"model\": \"campaign_trail.running_mate\", \"pk\": 82, \"fields\": {\"candidate\": 117, \"running_mate\": 525}}, {\"model\": \"campaign_trail.running_mate\", \"pk\": 83, \"fields\": {\"candidate\": 67, \"running_mate\": 526}}, {\"model\": \"campaign_trail.running_mate\", \"pk\": 84, \"fields\": {\"candidate\": 77, \"running_mate\": 527}}, {\"model\": \"campaign_trail.running_mate\", \"pk\": 85, \"fields\": {\"candidate\": 79, \"running_mate\": 528}}, {\"model\": \"campaign_trail.running_mate\", \"pk\": 86, \"fields\": {\"candidate\": 512, \"running_mate\": 529}}, {\"model\": \"campaign_trail.running_mate\", \"pk\": 87, \"fields\": {\"candidate\": 512, \"running_mate\": 530}}, {\"model\": \"campaign_trail.running_mate\", \"pk\": 88, \"fields\": {\"candidate\": 91, \"running_mate\": 531}}]"); campaignTrail_temp.opponents_default_json = JSON.parse("[{\"election\": 11, \"candidates\": [24, 20, 105, 106, 23, 25, 21, 67, 68, 77, 78, 79, 91, 92, 116, 512, 117]}]"); campaignTrail_temp.opponents_weighted_json = JSON.parse("[{\"election\": 21, \"candidates\": [300, 301, 302, 303]},{\"election\": 20, \"candidates\": [201, 200, 202, 203]},{\"election\": 16, \"candidates\": [165, 166, 167, 168]},{\"election\": 3, \"candidates\": [16, 17, 18, 19]},{\"election\": 9, \"candidates\": [78, 77, 79, 80]},{\"election\": 15, \"candidates\": [153, 152, 154, 155]},{\"election\": 10, \"candidates\": [91, 92, 93]},{\"election\": 4, \"candidates\": [24, 23, 25]},{\"election\": 11, \"candidates\": [105, 106, 16]},{\"election\": 12, \"candidates\": [116, 117, 118, 119]},{\"election\": 14, \"candidates\": [142, 143, 144, 145]},{\"election\": 5, \"candidates\": [21, 20, 22]},{\"election\": 8, \"candidates\": [68, 67, 69, 70]},{\"election\": 13, \"candidates\": [131, 134, 132, 133]}]"); campaignTrail_temp.difficulty_level_json = JSON.parse("[{\"model\": \"campaign_trail.difficulty_level\", \"pk\": 1, \"fields\": {\"name\": \"Eitje\", \"multiplier\": 1.33}}, {\"model\": \"campaign_trail.difficulty_level\", \"pk\": 2, \"fields\": {\"name\": \"Very Easy\", \"multiplier\": 1.2}}, {\"model\": \"campaign_trail.difficulty_level\", \"pk\": 3, \"fields\": {\"name\": \"Easy\", \"multiplier\": 1.1}}, {\"model\": \"campaign_trail.difficulty_level\", \"pk\": 4, \"fields\": {\"name\": \"Normal\", \"multiplier\": 0.97}}, {\"model\": \"campaign_trail.difficulty_level\", \"pk\": 5, \"fields\": {\"name\": \"Hard\", \"multiplier\": 0.95}}, {\"model\": \"campaign_trail.difficulty_level\", \"pk\": 6, \"fields\": {\"name\": \"Impossible\", \"multiplier\": 0.9}}, {\"model\": \"campaign_trail.difficulty_level\", \"pk\": 7, \"fields\": {\"name\": \"1953\", \"multiplier\": 0.83}}, {\"model\": \"campaign_trail.difficulty_level\", \"pk\": 8, \"fields\": {\"name\": \"1672\", \"multiplier\": 0.75}}, {\"model\": \"campaign_trail.difficulty_level\", \"pk\": 9, \"fields\": {\"name\": \"1940\", \"multiplier\": 0.68}}]"); campaignTrail_temp.global_parameter_json = JSON.parse("[{\"model\": \"campaign_trail.global_parameter\", \"pk\": 1, \"fields\": {\"vote_variable\": 1.125, \"max_swing\": 0.12, \"start_point\": 0.94, \"candidate_issue_weight\": 10.0, \"running_mate_issue_weight\": 0.0, \"issue_stance_1_max\": -0.71, \"issue_stance_2_max\": -0.3, \"issue_stance_3_max\": -0.125, \"issue_stance_4_max\": 0.125, \"issue_stance_5_max\": 0.3, \"issue_stance_6_max\": 0.71, \"global_variance\": 0.01, \"state_variance\": 0.005, \"question_count\": 25, \"default_map_color_hex\": \"#C9C9C9\", \"no_state_map_color_hex\": \"#999999\"}}]"); campaignTrail_temp.candidate_dropout_json = JSON.parse("[{\"model\": \"campaign_trail.candidate_dropout\", \"pk\": 1, \"fields\": {\"candidate\": 36, \"affected_candidate\": 18, \"probability\": 1.0}}]"); campaignTrail_temp.temp_election_list = [{"id": 11, "year": 1960, "is_premium": 0, "display_year": "2023NL"}]; campaignTrail_temp.show_premium = true; campaignTrail_temp.premier_ab_test_version = -1; 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And for CampaignScript", "Thomahawk2k's uncle for the D'Hondt electoral system.", "nina_96 for the coalition system, chart system, tooltips and some other advanced scripting. I encourage everyone to play her 2021 Germany mod.", "ItsAstronomics for the Vice President Switcher", ""] text = "CREDITS:\n\n" for (i in credits) { text += credits[i] + "\n" } alert(text) } HistHexcolour=["#598694","#120A8F","#D90000","#800000"]; HistName=[" Already establishment parties"," Cartel bait to distract the right"," Rest of the Party Cartel"," FvD"]; HistEV=[44,44,59,3]; HistPV=["2,937,401","4,329,556","4,329,556","232,963"]; HistPVP=["97.8%","0.0%","0.0%","2.2%"]; quotes = [`Ruimte geven. Grenzen stellen.`, `Nieuwe Energie voor Nederland`, `Samen voor een hoopvolle toekomst`, `Nederlanders weer op 1`, `Recht doen - een hoopvolle agenda voor Nederland`, `Nu de mensen`, `Het programma voor hoop, optimisme en herstel`, `Een wereld te herwinnen`, `Geloven in een verbonden samenleving`, `Toekomst, nu. Een Europees verhaal van optimisme`, `Woord houden`, `Nu is het moment`, `Iedere dag BBBeter`, `Tijd voor Herstel`] customquote = quotes[Math.floor((Math.random() * quotes.length))] corrr="\nUse the default method of allocating seats in the Dutch House of Representatives.
The Netherlands use a nationwide list-based proportional system. After all the votes have been tallied, successive quotients are calculated for each party. The party with the largest quotient wins one seat, and its quotient is recalculated. This is repeated until the required number of seats is filled.
This method means every vote is worth nearly the same. It also makes it very easy for small parties to win seats. On the other hand, it is nearly impossible for a single party to win a majority of the seats.
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In nomine Pietri..."}
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"image" : "https://i.imgur.com/mfZtGzG.png",
"description" : "Unexpectedly repeat your provincial feat as the BBB.",
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},
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"description" : "Save the Fourth Rutte cabinet.",
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},
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"description" : "As Omtzigt, form a cabinet with only the VVD.",
"cannotBeCheated" : true
},
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"image" : "https://i.imgur.com/fs6WIxS.png",
"description" : "Win the 2023 election as the PvdA without GroenLinks.",
"cannotBeCheated" : true
},
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"image" : "https://i.imgur.com/oLsEJRa.png",
"description" : "As the left-wing alliance, form a cabinet with Dilan Yeşilgöz instead of Pieter Omtzigt.",
"cannotBeCheated" : true
},
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"image" : "https://i.imgur.com/MWQEBSM.png",
"description" : "As the PvdA, forge an alliance with GroenLinks.",
"cannotBeCheated" : true
},
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"image" : "https://i.imgur.com/RhhnUqZ.png",
"description" : "As Omtzigt, form a coalition with the SGP.",
"cannotBeCheated" : true
},
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"image" : "https://i.imgur.com/Ez8DVVz.png",
"description" : "Get locked out of government after winning the election as Geert.",
"cannotBeCheated" : true
},
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"image" : "https://i.imgur.com/04VvYNJ.png",
"description" : "As Rutte, be deposed and then become prime minister again.",
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},
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"image" : "https://i.imgur.com/ryxci1T.png",
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/*
* Mod Title: 2025 Netherlands
* Mod Author: Thomahawk2k
* Mod Version: v1.0
* Mod Description: A mod for the browser game 'The Campaign Trail' or more specifically 'The New Campaign Trail' that transposes the game to a fictionalized election year 2025 in the Netherlands.
*
* Coding License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) 3.0
* Writing License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
*
* For the coding in this mod, I hereby release the code under the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) 3.0. The full text of the license can be found at:
* https://choosealicense.com/licenses/lgpl-3.0/
*
* For the writing in this mod, including documentation, text files, and other non-software written works, I hereby release the content under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license. The full text of the license can be found at:
* https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
*
* By using, distributing, or modifying this mod, you agree to abide by the terms and conditions of both the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) 3.0 and the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license.
*/