Survey Atlasia - August At-large Senate Elections Poll

[Marokai Backbeat]

Wow, look at the numbers for the DA candidates. That is just amazing.

While this doesn't reflect first preferences and that will obviously have an impact, it just goes to show how cross-cutting the DA message is. I'm proud to be a member.

This poll is sort of meaningless, though. Polls always undershoot JCP turnout & support as well as never taking into account the intricacies of our preference voting system. This poll is more of a popularity contest for those who bother to look at this board rather than a proper gauge of support.

[Marokai Backbeat]

Oh for goodness sakes, will everyone take a chill pill. Antonio is just saying that just because the DA has the most votes in this poll is doesn't mean they're preferred.

The DA has it's base of comparatively small support, and it gets secondary support from both the other major parties. The JCP votes for itself, and the DA over the RPP. The RPP votes for itself, and the DA over the JCP. This leads DA numbers to be inflated in a poll that doesn't take into account our voting system, and make it seem like tons of people love the DA and want them all in the Senate.

The realities of our voting system are unfortunate, but there you are.

[Marokai Backbeat]

Oh for goodness sakes, will everyone take a chill pill. Antonio is just saying that just because the DA has the most votes in this poll is doesn't mean they're preferred.

The DA has it's base of comparatively small support, and it gets secondary support from both the other major parties. The JCP votes for itself, and the DA over the RPP. The RPP votes for itself, and the DA over the JCP. This leads DA numbers to be inflated in a poll that doesn't take into account our voting system, and make it seem like tons of people love the DA and want them all in the Senate.

The realities of our voting system are unfortunate, but there you are.

Either way that translates into a clear preference that the DA senators remain senators. The reason is far less important than the fact.

Perhaps it would be nice to break up some of the partisanship in the game, not by statute but through outreach. It is clear that the parties are becoming echo chambers, where pawns begin to spout off the same talking points as the leadership. I don't know, maybe in an effort to "look cool." I say it is time for a new era for Atlasia, where it isn't a sin to reach across party lines and where compromise is not a word to be maligned.

How speechy. I don't believe I've ever been hyper-partisan or combative towards "compromise." But we tried the whole "compromise" thing and all it did was lead to an active but hollow Senate. Before I and the rest of the JCP Senators took office the Senate was an echo chamber, just that of compromise and getting something passed as quickly and easily as possible, with as little debate as possible.

Without partisanship and combativeness, this game would be a terribly boring place.

[Marokai Backbeat]

Which is?

My willingness to do whatever it takes to make sure Purple State or Franzl is the DA member that is carried across the finish line

This is the kind of partisanship that's harmful, not the partisanship in the Senate.

Ironic, given Purple State's obsession with gaining your support.

[Marokai Backbeat]

Which is?

My willingness to do whatever it takes to make sure Purple State or Franzl is the DA member that is carried across the finish line

This is the kind of partisanship that's harmful, not the partisanship in the Senate.

Ironic, given Purple State's obsession with gaining your support.

If it were partisanship, don't you think he'd either support or oppose the DA. Not just, you know, certain members that he feels don't deserve his support for whichever reason.

His crazed obsession with attacking Afleitch is senseless. The point is that DWTL and some in the RPP have engaged in a policy over the months of organized disruption, and yet Purple State says the problem is that some Senators use naughty words on the Senate floor. That's silly.

[Marokai Backbeat]

Which is?

My willingness to do whatever it takes to make sure Purple State or Franzl is the DA member that is carried across the finish line

This is the kind of partisanship that's harmful, not the partisanship in the Senate.

Ironic, given Purple State's obsession with gaining your support.

If it were partisanship, don't you think he'd either support or oppose the DA. Not just, you know, certain members that he feels don't deserve his support for whichever reason.

His crazed obsession with attacking Afleitch is senseless. The point is that DWTL and some in the RPP have engaged in a policy over the months of organized disruption, and yet Purple State says the problem is that some Senators use naughty words on the Senate floor. That's silly.

I find it amusing that you can't see beyond the Senate. Has Marokai lost touch with the regular people? I'm not referring at all to naughty words on the Senate floor. I'm talking about your inability to move beyond personal attacks here.

What is with your obsession in attacking me? You rail against DWTL's partisanship and, while I don't support his absolute hatred of afleitch, yet you are just as bad. Are you so blinded by your own self-righteousness that you can so epitomize hypocrisy and not notice?

Your presence in Atlasia began as, what I believed to be, a genuine interest in generating excitement. It is now obvious that you just want to be an arrogant ass, no matter what it means to the game. The internet is not a venue for you to vent your personal anger. I am sorry to have once supported your candidacy to the Senate.

My problem with you is that you're always about Purple State. Grandstanding against Bgwah and Ebowed over the Game Moderator issue (court cases, constitutional amendments, Senate resolutions), constantly getting headlines in Vepres' newspaper, routinely shoving yourself into court cases, trying to fashion yourself as the savior of constitutional reform in the ConCon. You always have to be the center of attention, always trying to take the reigns and steal the glory.

And now you're trying to step back and claim yourself to be the level headed one, trying oh-so-nobly to be "post-partisan" and "reach across the aisle" to "forge consensus" or whatever hand-holding buzzwords you're using this hour. It's all about Purple State.

Someone who is so quick to criticize me for my attitude yet says not a cross word about DWTL shouldn't call me the hypocrite. Especially when DWTL is childishly trying to screw over one of your own.

[Marokai Backbeat]

Purple State, do you ever a make a post that isn't some talking-pointy holier-than-thou campaign speech?

[Marokai Backbeat]

If re-elected I promise to ban heterosexual acts.

Top THAT, Andrew!

[Marokai Backbeat]

I think in my entire time in the Senate I always scraped by with a 50%-or-thereabouts approval rating.