The Mideast Record-Courier: Coverage of the January 2015 Mideast Elections

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

As we enter the final hours of the election, the left maintains a narrow lead in the Assembly race. Current tabulations are as follows:

CrabCake (Lab): 4 (ELECTED)
New Canadaland (Lab): (ELECTED)
JCL (Fed): 4 (ELECTED)
EarlAW (WSRP): 3 (ELECTED w/ transfers)
Shua (DR): 3 (ELECTED w/transfers)
Spiral (DR): 2 (DEFEATED)
Bmotely (DR): 1 (DEFEATED)

Assuming EarlAW caucuses with the Labor assemblymen, this would give leftists a one-seat majority in the Assembly.
With the results as close as they are, we cannot stress enough the importance that you go to the polls and vote. That your vote could be the difference between a conservative Assembly and a liberal Assembly is more than likely: it is the literal truth. If you have not voted already, the Record-Courier strongly urges that you take a few minutes and fill out a ballot.

[Hatman 🍁]

Whether or not I caucus with labor (does this even mean anything at this level?) is irrelevant, as I am still a leftist, and therefore if the three of us get elected, there will be a leftist majority in the assembly. 

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

Whether or not I caucus with labor (does this even mean anything at this level?) is irrelevant, as I am still a leftist, and therefore if the three of us get elected, there will be a leftist majority in the assembly. 

I was referring to whether you would support a Laborite in the Speakership election, which is quite relevant.

[windjammer]

1st round: quota: 5
Crabcake (5): nclib, wifikitten, TDAS04, fuzzybigfoot, MalaspinaGold ELECTED
Hatman (4): Hatman, SirJohnJohns, Ben, Franzl
New Canadaland (4): New Canadaland, Truman, Windjammer, beatrice
JCL (4): Anton Kreitzer, celtic empire, DC, tmthforu
shua (3): shua, Cathcon, Oldies
Spiral (2): Spiral, JCL
Madmanmotley (1): Madmanmotley
1 vote invalid: Crabcake

Madman motley is eliminated: +1 Spiral


2nd round:  quota=5
Crabcake (5): nclib, wifikitten, TDAS04, fuzzybigfoot, MalaspinaGold ELECTED
Hatman (4): Hatman, SirJohnJohns, Ben, Franzl
New Canadaland (4): New Canadaland, Truman, Windjammer, beatrice
JCL (4): Anton Kreitzer, celtic empire, DC, tmthforu
shua (3): shua, Cathcon, Oldies
Spiral (3): Spiral, JCL, Madmanmotley


Shua or Spiral eliminated
Hatman elected without quota
New Canadaland elected without quote
JCL elected without quota
Spiral or shua elected without quota.


Crabcake, New Canadaland, Hatman, JCL, (Spiral or Shua) are elected

[Maxwell]

Under that scenario, Spiral would be eliminated, seeing as Shua had more votes in the first round.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

The Mideast Record-Courier has the following projections to make:

CrabCake (Lab-MO) has been elected to the Assembly
New Canadaland (Lab-ON) has been elected to the Assembly
EarlAW (WSRP-ON) has been elected to the Assembly
JCL (Fed-IN) has been elected to the Assembly

Based on these results, we can confirm that the next Assembly will have a progressive majority, with the Labor and WSRP parties controlling a combined three seats to two for the Federalists and Democratic-Republicans.

Projected Winner: Labor-WSRP

Assuming EarlAW supports the Labor Party in the speakership election, Assemblyman New Canadaland (Lab) would have enough votes to be elected Speaker of the next Assembly, replacing incumbent Speaker Spiral.

Thanks to Windjammer and Maxwell for their assistance.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

The Mideast Record-Courier has the following projections to make:

Shua (DR) has been elected to the Assembly

With the polls now closed, we conclude our coverage of the January, 2015 Midterm Elections. Thank-you to those readers who contributed their own analysis to this publication. Thank-you, and good night.

-Harry S Truman
Editor, Mideast Record-Courier

[windjammer]

1st round: quota: 5
Crabcake (6): nclib, wifikitten, TDAS04, fuzzybigfoot, MalaspinaGold, morgieb ELECTED WITH SURPLUS
Hatman (4): Hatman, SirJohnJohns, Ben, Franzl
New Canadaland (4): New Canadaland, Truman, Windjammer, beatrice
JCL (4): Anton Kreitzer, celtic empire, DC, tmthforu
shua (3): shua, Cathcon, Oldies
Spiral (2): Spiral, JCL
Madmanmotley (1): Madmanmotley
1 vote invalid: Crabcake

Transfer Crabcake's surplus:
+5/6 New Canadaland, +1/6 Hatman




2nd round:  quota=5
Crabcake (5): nclib, wifikitten, TDAS04, fuzzybigfoot, MalaspinaGold, morgieb ELECTED
Hatman (4,17): Hatman, SirJohnJohns, Ben, Franzl, 0.17Crabcake
New Canadaland (4,83): New Canadaland, Truman, Windjammer, beatrice, 0.83 Crabcake
JCL (4): Anton Kreitzer, celtic empire, DC, tmthforu
shua (3): shua, Cathcon, Oldies
Spiral (2): Spiral, JCL,
Madmanmotley (1): Madmanmotley
1 vote invalid: Crabcake

Madman eliminated: +1 Spiral

3rd round: quota=5
Crabcake (5): nclib, wifikitten, TDAS04, fuzzybigfoot, MalaspinaGold, morgieb ELECTED
Hatman (4,17): Hatman, SirJohnJohns, Ben, Franzl, 0.17Crabcake
New Canadaland (4,83): New Canadaland, Truman, Windjammer, beatrice, 0.83 Crabcake
JCL (4): Anton Kreitzer, celtic empire, DC, tmthforu
shua (3): shua, Cathcon, Oldies
Spiral (3): Spiral, JCL, Madmanmotley
1 vote invalid: Crabcake

 Spiral eliminated because he has less 1st preferences than shua.

Hatman elected without quota
New Canadaland elected without quote
JCL elected without quota
Spiral or shua elected without quota.


Crabcake, New Canadaland, Hatman, JCL, Shua are elected
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