[Marxism] Jamaica: Facts and figures on religion and politics

["Aduku Addae" <countrybwoy@xxxxxxx>]

Jamaica: Facts and figures on religion and politics

 

 

Religion:

      Religions:
     Protestant 61.3% (Church of God 21.2%, Baptist 8.8%, Anglican 5.5%, 
Seventh-Day Adventist 9%, Pentecostal 7.6%, Methodist 2.7%, United Church 2.7%, 
Brethren 1.1%, Jehovah's Witness 1.6%, Moravian 1.1%), Roman Catholic 4%, 
other, including some spiritual cults 34.7% 
     

 

It is interesting to note that official figures acknowledge that more than a 
third of the Jamaican population (34.7%) do not subscribe to Protestantism. The 
category "other" is a shamed-faced way for the official statisticians to 
conceal the fact that over one third of the Jamaican population are 
non-religious (they say non-Protestant) and probably outright atheists. 

 

Politics:

      ::.. 
     Popular Vote 
     
            Party
            
           Votes
           
            JLP 
             
           346860 
           
            NDM/NJA 
             
           2790 
           
            PNP 
             
           383887 
           
            UPP 
             
           438 
           
            IEWFIPP 
             
           148 
           
            IND 
             
           426 
           
            REP 
             
           79 
           

     

 

 

Election results: percent of vote by party - People's National Party (PNP) 52%, 
Jamaica Labour Party (JLP)  47.3%; seats by party - PNP 34, JLP 26. 

 

The statement immediately above is the official version. These figures, 
however, conceal some very interesting facts.

 

Here are a few such facts for general edification.

 

The total number of eligible voters in Jamaica is 1,653,703.

 

The total number of registered voters is 1,263,633.

 

So straight from the get-go 390,070 of the adult population refuse to 
participate in the political farce that is parliamentary elections in Jamaica. 
This is more voters than voted for either the JLP or PNP (see figures above). 
This number represents 23.59% percent of those eligible to vote. 

 

Only 734,628 of those registered to vote actually voted.  This represents 
58.14% of registered voters. That figure is 44.42% of those eligible to vote.  

 

41.86% of registered voters did not vote. 

 

55.58% of the eligible voters in Jamaica did not vote, that is to say, they 
rejected both the PNP and JLP as their political representatives.

 

76.76% of those eligible to vote rejected the PNP as their political 
representative.

 

79.03% of those eligible to vote rejected the JLP as their political 
representative.

 

The PNP received only 30.37% of the registered votes

 

The JLP received a mere 27.44% of the registered vote.

 

To emphasize, 41.86% of the registered voters did not vote.  This is a winning 
plurality compared to the voter support that the leading parties received 
respectively.

 

The PNP received 23.21% of the eligible votes.

 

The JLP received 20.97% of the eligible votes.

 

Again, for emphasis, 55.58% of the eligible voters rejected both the PNP and 
JLP together.  It is clear from these figures that most of the Jamaican 
population is looking for an alternative to the JLP-PNP parliamentary bind.

 

Moreover, 34.7% of the population, which is a clear plurality in any major 
election contest, is open to non-protestant ideology and presumably to 
non-religious, scientifically driven, socio-political thinking.

 

Jamaica is fertile ground for proletarian politics.

 Respect,

Aduku

 

 

  

 

 

 
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