Like-a-Fishhook Election Tracking

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

Mr Moderate, you too!
Soulty's online too, so in case you're reading this, you too.

No sign of Ernest anywhere.

You seem to have been worried that I wouldn't show up in the last minute (or second to last minute, as the case may be)!

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

Near-certain that means Dwdl, Sensei, Al, Xahar and Jas.

my heaaaad is exploooooooding

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

I am perplexed as to why Al threw Xahar under the bus, and even more perplexed that Moderate preferenced CultureKing second

I had pledged to vote for Jas as my first preference, and so I was bound by honor or whatnot to cast that vote.

My second preference may or may not have come into play based on how other last-minute voters went, so it was up to me to figure out which of the "on the bubble" candidates I'd rather see elected: Xahar or Culture King.

Of the bubble candidates, Culture King was the only person who actually asked for my vote.  Besides, I owed him for his last minute Friz to Torie switch. 

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

I am perplexed as to why Al threw Xahar under the bus, and even more perplexed that Moderate preferenced CultureKing second

I think it's fair to say that Lewis likes me more than Al does. As for Moderate, he's been beholden to the JCP for some time now.

Yes, clearly, my squeaker of a general election victory and teetering 80%+ approval ratings make me completely and totally beholden to Massa Bgwah.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

Q: Probably just my own stupidity on this system, but why if CultureKing and Xahar tied is CK elected?

CK got to 9 votes before Xahar did.  That's the tie breaker.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

    By my count, here's the new partisan breakdown (going off of Jas's list of winners):

NLC 3 (-2)
RPP 2 (+1)
SDP 2 (+1)
Indies 2 (+1)
JCP 1 (0)

     Huge loss for the NLC in this election.

And, based on last election's ideological breakdown:
(Old: EarlAW, ColinW, Afleitch, Culture King, and Rocky)

Conservatives: 1 (+1)
Moderates: 3 (–1)
Liberals: 1 (nc)

     By my count, here's the new partisan breakdown (going off of Jas's list of winners):

NLC 3 (-2)
RPP 2 (+1)
SDP 2 (+1)
Indies 2 (+1)
JCP 1 (0)

     Huge loss for the NLC in this election.

on paper, the NLC should have a few more winners.

Despite his indy registration, I've always considered Jas an honorary NLCer since he won the NLC endorsement for President in the Feb 08 Presidential election.  Culture King may be a JCPer, but he was moderate enough to be one of the only people to uphold my DP veto.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

It looks like the NLC is getting squeezed.

Well, there was a massive influx of new voters since the June 08 election, and most of them were RPPers.

When conservatives fail to band behind a candidate, their votes almost always default to the NLC.  DWTL successfully consolidated their votes this time.