Danish vote on royal succession

[ThatSoundAgain]

So, with roughly ninety minutes till the polls close, voter turnout to the election of the Danish representatives to the European Parliament is hovering around US levels. The EP has never quite captured the Danes' interest, even though its influence on Danish law is huge. Plus, it's raining.

Low turnout could decide the other poll today - a change to the constitution that would make the oldest child of any given king/queen heir to the throne, regardless of gender. (A theoretical question at this point, and only relevant to reinforce the royalists' position in the long term.)

In this process, conservative forces have been quite openly trying to push buttons of progressive voters. In doing so, they may have set themselves up for a backlash. This government's until now above average tacticians may be starting to falter. At least I hope so.

That said, the outcome is uncertain. It's within the exit polls' margin of error.

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[Lucky]

If you feel strongly that the monarchy should be abolished and you believe (as I think you're saying) that a vote to change the law of succession will "reinforce the royalists' position in the long term" and there is no justification for believing in a fixed morality that looks beyond immediate consequences and repudiates dishonesty in some absolute sense, then you should have voted against the proposal.

Did you?

 

[ThatSoundAgain]

Yes, I did.

As for your third condition, that's going a bit far for my tastes. I don't consider this vote against any principle I have - no holding my nose here. I voted no the same way I would turn down, say, a proposal to the residents in my building to patch up the roof with bits of plastic bags when it's clearly in need of a total renovation.