第45回衆議院議員総選挙が終了し、民主党が単独で308議席、自民党は119議席となり、ついに政権交代が実現したわけですが、ここではそのほかの政党について注目してみます。例えば、これまで政権を担ってきた自・公の場合、この「公」とは「公明党」のことであり、Wikipediaによると公明党の主な支持母体は宗教法人「創価学会」となっています。また、同じく宗教法人が支持母体である政党と言えば、今回が初の選挙となり、全員落選してしまった「幸福実現党」は宗教法人「幸福の科学」が支持母体です。 今回の総選挙は日本全国で行われており、各選挙区と比例の2つに投票が行われたため、その得票結果を見ることによって間接的かつ大雑把ではあるのですが「自分の住んでいる地域に幸福の科学や創価学会の信者がどれぐらいいるのか？」を推測することが可能です。 各都道府県と各市町村ごとの政党得票数については以下から。 まず、そもそも

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Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Lady Ferguson[a] (born 13 November 1969)[1] is a Somali-born Dutch-American writer, activist and former politician.[2][3][4] She is a critic of Islam and advocate for the rights and self-determination of Muslim women, opposing forced marriage, honour killing, child marriage, and female genital mutilation.[5] At the age of five, following local traditions in Somalia, Ali underwent