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such maps were in the tiem sand FT last week basically big cities (and wealthy suburbs of paris) other than Marseilles voted yes, along with britaany. very much like the dutch pattern got a paper ready on it? On Thu, 2 Jun 2005 23:32:13 +0800 James Derrick Sidaway <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Thanks for this. Has anyone seen a similar map for France? I am currently in the UK and have noticed how the British media are presenting the French and Dutch "no" as overwhelming (without any breakdown by region, social class and so on) - although the overall proportion of the electorate who voted no in France is not overwhelming...hardly more more than the percentage of Brits who voted for Blair in the UK's general election last month! > > Also, muslim friends in France tell me that most muslim citizens there mostly voted yes....since the EU is seen as a protection of sorts against the racist right. Did this also apply in the Nederlands? > > James D Sidaway > > -----Original Message----- > From: A forum for critical and radical geographers on behalf of Justus Uitermark > Sent: Thu 02/06/2005 19:50 > To: [log in to unmask] > Cc: > Subject: dutch no > > > > Dear all, > > for those of you interested in the Dutch 'no', here is a nice map: http://www.nu.nl/news/535080/11/Nederland_wil_pas_op_de_plaats_in_Europese_Unie.html > > It shows that the strongest resentment against the constitution comes from regions that traditionally are dependent on industrial employment (especially the Southern part of the Randstad) and that have a strong socialist heritage (Groningen in the North East). > > Regions that have a lot of high-tech services and university students and graduates have a higher share of yes voters (Brabant, Amsterdam, Utrecht and the lonely blue spot in the North that represents the student city of Groningen). The top-10 of yes voting municipalities are known as elite towns and villages, the rich suburbs of the Randstad cities (Wassenaar, Bloemendaal, etc). > > The no-vote is generally considered as a declaration of discontent against the established political parties in The Hague and the "Eurocrats" who are accused of turning the Netherlands into a province of a European super state. The socialist party (which has 8 out of 150 seats in the Second Chamber) was the largest and most vocal critic of the constitution. Geert Wilders, who is building a party around his idea that "the vagaries of Islam" need to be stopped, was also with some success campaigning against the constitution. > > best wishes > Justus > > > ---------------------- Ron Johnston Prof R J Johnston FBA School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1SS, UK Phone +44 (0)117 928 9116 FAX +44 (0)117 928 7878 [log in to unmask] http://www.ggy.bris.ac.uk/staff/information/johnston.htm