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There were a handful of elections this weekend. One, in Germany, was globally noted; another, in New Zealand, less so. It is hard to think of two more different democracies than Germany and New Zealand, but that is what makes the situation all the odder, because both countries went through roughly the same process and each election wound up in stalemate. In both cases, the dominant right-wing party seemed to have a distinct advantage, and in both, the dominant left-wing party closed the gap but could not take a decisive lead. The result was roughly a break-even, with parliamentary horse-trading being necessary to form a government.
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