1946: The Vote That Changed Italy Forever
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1946: The Vote That Changed Italy Forever
Posted by vladgrinch
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The poor part of the country voting for the king
I wonder how italy would be different if it had decided on monarchy
Why did southerners vote for Monarchy?
“Doesn’t Italy use a king?”
Conservative vs liberal basically
Edit: look at the 1946 general election results. The stronghold of Socialist support is in the geographic center of the country.
So why didn’t they divide the country into a monarchy and a republic, like the Korean Peninsula?
What is with economically depressed populations preferring autocratic government?
Good choice.
Its wild how the north was so split from the south on that one. I always forget how close it was.
Monarchists VOTING for Monarchy
When Brazil had its vote on restoring the monarchy (during redemocratisation, after the dictatorship installed by an American-sponsored coup d’etat), the monarchy lost by a huge margin. Although in that case the monarchy had been abolished for over a 100 years. The biggest pity was that they also chose the inferior presidential system, over a parliamentarian one.
South constantly taking the L for my dear Italia
What was the little monarchist enclave in northeast Italy? And on the other hand, what about the republican one in southern Italy?
“why monarchy in the south”
literally Furio “i hate the north” meme.
I have the distinct feeling that if Americans were polled on this same question the result would look about the same.
The north-south divide in Italian politics is still doing the exact same thing today.
Would have been a good idea to keep a figure head king around. Especially if that king actually did his job and stop the facists early
Sicily is inaccurate though.
If this map is your own original content, you may want to fix an error.
Since you’re going with province-level subdivisions, note that in the province of Trapani (the westernmost tip of Sicily) the Republic won, not the Monarchy. [https://elezionistorico.interno.gov.it/index.php?tpel=F&dtel=02/06/1946&tpa=I&tpe=P&lev0=0&levsut0=0&lev1=30&levsut1=1&levsut2=2&ne1=30&es0=S&es1=S&es2=S&ms=S&ne2=82&lev2=82](https://elezionistorico.interno.gov.it/index.php?tpel=F&dtel=02/06/1946&tpa=I&tpe=P&lev0=0&levsut0=0&lev1=30&levsut1=1&levsut2=2&ne1=30&es0=S&es1=S&es2=S&ms=S&ne2=82&lev2=82)
Some people keep linking it with poverty which is a reasonable assumption, but if you look at the 1924 election, the last ‘free’ election before Mussolini consolidated power, the northern regions often voted for his party and the conservatives second. In the south the liberals tended to be second choice after Mussolini.
In reality with the context of WW2, the southerners who had rallied around the return of Victor Emmanuel III vs the north which which remained under Mussolini’s Italian Social Republic (basically a Nazi puppet state at that point.) were often subjected to propaganda the King had betrayed Italy and was a lapdog of the allies.
The north viewed the king as a sellout to the Allies, the invaders. While the south viewed a king as as liberator.
If they decided on monarchy, then who would be the monarch? What family?
Just think about it. I would love someone there I can call your highness. Cooler still Ceasar
Some things never change: the poor voting against their best interests.
A sad day.
Ultimate proof that Italian Social Republic was the legitimate Italian state
Coca-Cola vs Pepsi
the map is correct, but 54 – 46 is not even close for an election like this. Vast swathes of people in the south also voted for republic. If you break down the administrative regions to smaller units, you can see this.