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10-05-2016, 02:25 AM
Iceland's Pirate Party could actually win big in the next election
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Iceland has already faced steep political turmoil in 2016. Later this month, things could get even more interesting, as the country's upstart Píratar Party (or Pirate Party) remains in the lead in polls leading up to the nation's general election at the end of October.*
SEE ALSO: Iceland's Pirate Party Wants to Make S**wden a Citizen (http://mashable.com/2013/07/04/iceland-s**wden/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
The Pirate Party has been neck-and-neck (http://grapevine.is/news/2016/09/23/pirates-and-conservatives-neck-and-neck/) in country-wide polls with the Independence Party, one of Iceland's oldest parties that is currently part of the current coalition government (http://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/politics_and_society/2016/03/09/politics_in_iceland_a_beginner_s_guide/) (alongside the Progressive Party).*
While the Pirate Party may be new to many outside the tiny island nation, it's been making **ise in Iceland, especially following the political upheaval the country has faced in 2016. But who is the party and how did it rise to such prominence? Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/10/04/iceland-pirate-party/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Iceland has already faced steep political turmoil in 2016. Later this month, things could get even more interesting, as the country's upstart Píratar Party (or Pirate Party) remains in the lead in polls leading up to the nation's general election at the end of October.*
SEE ALSO: Iceland's Pirate Party Wants to Make S**wden a Citizen (http://mashable.com/2013/07/04/iceland-s**wden/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
The Pirate Party has been neck-and-neck (http://grapevine.is/news/2016/09/23/pirates-and-conservatives-neck-and-neck/) in country-wide polls with the Independence Party, one of Iceland's oldest parties that is currently part of the current coalition government (http://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/politics_and_society/2016/03/09/politics_in_iceland_a_beginner_s_guide/) (alongside the Progressive Party).*
While the Pirate Party may be new to many outside the tiny island nation, it's been making **ise in Iceland, especially following the political upheaval the country has faced in 2016. But who is the party and how did it rise to such prominence? Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/10/04/iceland-pirate-party/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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