Indigo Votes

It's the moment we've all been waiting for: the actual voting! Election day is imminent, so it's time to hear about the actual voting process, a few final thoughts on parties (and how they match up with income, courtesy of data analyst Seamus), and the big reveal of what party Indigo ends up voting for.

Finally, an episode where Indigo gets to take the reins! Here are all the issues that she wants to know about for this election (some of which, as Sigurd points out, a city government can't do too much about): drugs, sex work, trans and queer issues, and finally...biking.https://www.transmannenlevi.com/2021/05/partienes-standpunkt-om-transpersoners.html

Before we can vote, we need to know what the major issues are on the table. What can these parties actually change, and where are they positioning themselves? Sigurd runs us through taxes, schools, healthcare, climate change, and housing (with minimal tangents).

Before we can vote, we need to lay out all our options. Well, not all of them since if we had included every small party this episode would have been at least twice as long. But all the major and some minors players get a shoutout here, with Sigurd providing the facts and Indigo only hitting with hot takes. If all these acronyms are making your head spin (FrP, SV, MDG, who??) you'll hopefully gain a little clarity in the next 46 minutes.

To explain what the structures around us are that we're actually voting for, Sigurd really had to dig deep. So deep, that this episode ended up having to be partially re-recorded just so we can be certain you understand the difference between byparlamentarisme and formannskap!If that sounds boring don't worry -- we make it as entertaining as we can. Which means Indigo has to interrupt a lot to keep things moving along, but in the end we're all a little wiser.

Let's start with the basics: why vote?Just when you thought we'd reached peak political podcast, a new one comes along. But this time it's not about the USA or any other world power: come along with Indigo as she votes for the first time in her adoptive country, Norway. And it's not even the national election, but the local one! How important could it be? Turns out, very. Join her and resident Norwegian (no literally, they live together) Sigurd to learn how, when, where, and most importantly why to vote.