1996 Russian Presidential Election
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Poll
Question: Vote
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Boris Yeltsin (Independent)		  
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Gennady Zyuganov (Communist)		  
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Total Voters: 70

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Old Man Willow
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« on: December 11, 2016, 08:44:03 PM »
Yes, there were several other choices, but which of the main two would you have chosen?
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« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2016, 08:49:58 PM »
« Edited: December 11, 2016, 09:16:55 PM by Old School Republican »
Yeltsin(Ant-Commie)
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« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2016, 09:14:54 PM »
Reminder to Yeltsin voters
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« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2016, 09:18:02 PM »

at least people had the right to vote for more then one party unlike the time when the Commies had power.
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« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2016, 09:21:42 PM »
Quote from: Old School Republican on December 11, 2016, 09:18:02 PM

at least people had the right to vote for more then one party unlike the time when the Commies had power.
Well, that isn't entirely true considering the result of the election, no?
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« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2016, 09:22:07 PM »
Voting for the communist won't result in the greatest decline of standard of living, and lower life expectancy which happened in IRL. Also won't result is a Russian oligarchy and putinism.
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« Reply #6 on: December 11, 2016, 09:24:10 PM »
Yeltsin solely to avoid the 2nd Coming of the USSR. Russian politics always sucks.
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« Reply #7 on: December 11, 2016, 09:25:22 PM »
just btw
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« Reply #8 on: December 11, 2016, 09:44:28 PM »
The Communists, as they would be overthrown in a year or two by a group no worse than Putin.
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« Reply #9 on: December 11, 2016, 10:06:50 PM »


I mean, at least that was as bad as it got in Russia after the fall of Communism. I can easily see it having gotten a lot worse, especially with the likes of Rutskoy and Khasbulatov in charge. And let's not forget that at the time, polling showed public opinion 51-30 in favor of Yeltsin's use of military force.
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« Reply #10 on: December 11, 2016, 10:53:28 PM »
« Edited: December 11, 2016, 11:03:38 PM by Cashew »
Hard to say. on the one hand Zyuganov would not been such a disaster like Yeltsin. On the other hand his victory would keep communism a viable force in Russian politics.

Voted Yeltsin, Zyuganov is the better man, but it's better in the long term some non communist candidate would take over from him.
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« Reply #11 on: December 11, 2016, 10:55:49 PM »
Yeltsin.

I remember freaking out back then that Zyuganov might win.
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« Reply #12 on: December 12, 2016, 02:44:49 AM »
Does it matter? The entire thing was rigged anyway.

I would choose Gorbachev, the only remotely decent leader Russia has ever had.
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« Reply #13 on: December 12, 2016, 10:44:02 AM »
First round: Zhirinovsky
Second round: Yeltsin
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« Reply #14 on: December 13, 2016, 01:59:29 PM »
The commie, actually.
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« Reply #15 on: December 13, 2016, 03:32:49 PM »
Hindsight says the commie. Probably would have said Yeltsin at the time.
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« Reply #16 on: December 22, 2016, 09:34:58 PM »
Yavlinsky first round
Against All second round. 
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« Reply #17 on: December 22, 2016, 11:10:25 PM »
The Communist. Yeltsinite neoliberalism paved the way for someone like Putin to come to power.
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« Reply #18 on: December 27, 2016, 02:12:34 PM »
A cyanide pill.

On a serious note, even if the commies end up preventing a further decline in quality of life in Russia, its not guaranteed that they would maintain a Democratic system, leading to the recreation of the USSR under Communist hardliners.
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« Reply #19 on: December 27, 2016, 02:44:10 PM »
Yeltsin, especially without hindsight.
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« Reply #20 on: December 27, 2016, 03:05:25 PM »
Yeltsin (normal)
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« Reply #21 on: December 27, 2016, 04:12:21 PM »

It's normal to support a third world Russia of violence and poverty?
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« Reply #22 on: December 27, 2016, 04:16:07 PM »
Quote from: Bigby on December 11, 2016, 09:24:10 PM
Yeltsin solely to avoid the 2nd Coming of the USSR. Russian politics always sucks.
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« Reply #23 on: December 30, 2016, 03:14:18 PM »
SPOILER ALERT: It didn't work.
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