the pirate party <u+2013> a party comprised of activists, anarchists, and hackers <u+2013> looks set to win iceland<u+2019>s general election this month. 




the win will mark an historic occasion that western and european leaders thought would never happen. 




icelandmonitor.mbl.is reports: 




a new opinion poll conducted by the social science research institute of the university of iceland for icelandic daily morgunbla<u+00f0>i<u+00f0> indicates that over one in five voters will be voting pirate a week tomorrow. 




the data is from 14-19 october and puts the pirate party in first place with 22.6%, a point and a half ahead of the centre-right independence party (currently in power). these figures would give each party fifteen mps in iceland<u+2019>s 63-seat national parliament (<u+2018>al<u+00fe>ingi<u+2019>). 









the top two parties have already either implicitly or explicitly ruled out working together in a coalition. 




iceland<u+2019>s pirate party already made history back in 2013 when they received 5.1% of the vote and returned three mps <u+2013> iceland is currently the only country in the world where the pirate movement has elected mps sitting in a national legislature. 




next week<u+2019>s election look set to blow even this impressive record out of the water, with the pirates<u+2019> potentially winning outright, increasing their number of mps five-fold, and commanding a strong mandate to form a government. 




if there were general elections today, whom would you vote for? <u+2013> social science research institute of the university of iceland, 14-19 october
iceland<u+2019>s pirate party to make history and win election
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