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dhokarena56's Alternative Election-Watching Thread
« on: April 02, 2012, 12:05:32 am »

As we all know from watching Mitt, Rick, Ron and Newt, watching elections is more than one of the primary duties of an informed citizen- it's also a pastime everybody can enjoy. It's like baseball- periods of intense waiting and trying to predict what will happen followed by microminutes of real, delicious action.

But why are we limiting ourselves to the Amerocentric world of Etch-a-sketches and banning contraception? In these enlightened days, more of the world's people choose their governments than ever before, which means, for the more cosmopolitan election-watcher, that there's an almost endless cycle of elections to watch.

The following list will be irregularly updated as new elections of which I was previously unaware pop up.



I am sure there are other elections, but America and France aside, 2012 seems to be a rather quiet year, since we've missed Russia and Queensland (of which I was unaware at the time, but apparently thing really shuffled around), as well as the Lib Dems choosing a new leader. This fall, though, we can all gather around and watch the New Brunswick Liberals elect a new leader!
...fun times!...

 Discussion of any other elections is welcomed and will be added infrequently to the list above.
« Last Edit: April 02, 2012, 12:07:28 am by dhokarena56 »
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Re: dhokarena56's Alternative Election-Watching Thread
« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2012, 02:55:52 am »

There is a distinct lack of Norwegian socialist chicks in your French election.
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Re: dhokarena56's Alternative Election-Watching Thread
« Reply #2 on: April 02, 2012, 03:05:29 am »

Is Hollande polling 5% Sarkozy in the 4 way polls or in the 2 way polls?
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Re: dhokarena56's Alternative Election-Watching Thread
« Reply #3 on: April 02, 2012, 08:19:18 am »

Is Hollande polling 5% Sarkozy in the 4 way polls or in the 2 way polls?

4-way, I think...? When I have more time I'll try and find polls (easier since I speak French).
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« Reply #4 on: April 02, 2012, 03:16:14 pm »

Is Hollande polling 5% Sarkozy in the 4 way polls or in the 2 way polls?

4-way, I think...? When I have more time I'll try and find polls (easier since I speak French).

If it's 4 way and the far left is pulling 15% in the first round, then in the second round the socialists will probably get nearly all that support.  The far right typically pulls 10% or so IIRC.  Furthermore some in the far right might not like the mainstream right economic policies.  So this would imply a roughly even contest that in the second round of voting between Hollande and Sarkozy if Hollande isn't actually the slight favorite.
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Re: dhokarena56's Alternative Election-Watching Thread
« Reply #5 on: April 24, 2012, 07:56:14 pm »

So, Sarkozy and Hollande it is. Hollande (of the Socialists) beat Sarkozy (of that one mildly-compared-to-American-conservatives-but-my-scale-might-be-out-of-whack conservative party) by a fair margin, and it looks like he can get quite a few more votes in the runoff than Sarkozy can pull from the other conservative parties, as the Right appears to be largely fragmented.

I hear it's the first time a sitting president hasn't won the preliminary voting since World War Two. Thoughts on how this'll play out?
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« Reply #6 on: April 24, 2012, 11:43:24 pm »

And Alberta elected a PC majority instead of the Wildroses. Phewph!
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« Reply #7 on: April 25, 2012, 12:07:32 am »

Oh well. There's Alberta for you.
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« Reply #8 on: April 25, 2012, 11:09:46 am »

Dutch cabinet went bust. Elections will probably be in September or something. For those who are interested.
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