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« on: April 26, 2018, 05:25:37 AM »
« edited: April 26, 2018, 05:29:43 AM by YE »

It would be an interesting development if regional parties gained greater prominence. However, currently I don't think they matter at all, and while Scott may be laying the seeds for such developments in future elections, this election won't really be about regional parties. If Scott does well it'll be because people like him as a person. People are going to vote for the candidate they like, regardless of party. I think Fremont is a region where the candidate matters a lot more than the party. Fremont just isn't a very partisan region.

Regional parties don't really mean too much to me when there's only a handful of players at the state wide level, and when most zombie voters don't give a sh**t about. I do agree that Fremont does not exactly appear partisan but then again the left is fractured in a weird way in my region, as 3 PUP members either did not run again or in your case, imploded and lost Tongue  and the Alliance has had a few things go its way recently, and well I've stuck with an indy label for a while now. Also worth noting the Feds have a much higher celling than some think around here IMO.
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« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2018, 12:58:05 AM »

I'll admit this is a problem (now in Pericles defense, I've seen more lefties run unopposed than right wingers in my time here but it's not like we've had PUP primaries for these seats either) but as FM, it sadly hasn't exactly been my highest priority. This is because lately we've had so many vacancies where it was hard to even get 1 person to run for office (which leads me to bring up the fact that there's an opening in Parliament right now that's unfilled) and in this latest round of senate elections, I'm glad I was able to appoint 2 candidates (I received no other inquires about a senate seat aside from those 2), and it was delusional to expect a contested election in the smallest region on such short notice for both seats. I also don't wanna see these unopposed elections turn into protest/meme write ins that discourage players and thus only makes it worse, which is why I instantly said after I saw Pericles write me in that I'd decline write ins to put the breaks at another protest election. Hopefully we'll see some improvement now that they'll likely be less turnover for the next cycle or two, so all majors parties will have more time to put up contested candidates.
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« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2018, 12:00:17 AM »

Party breakdown from Fremont?
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