The Atlasian Politico

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This is a brand new publication dealing with the daily workings of Atlasian politics, etc.


Anyways, we will also have an NPC staff with names that some of you might recognize

Editor: S019
Reporter: Mark Halperin
Reporter: Maggie Haberman
Analyst: Chris Cilizza
Guest writers: Chuck Todd, Van Jones



Hope you guys enjoy it!


(EDIT: In case it wasn't clear from the names of the reporters, this is going to be a meme mostly)

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Please note: no part of this story is endorsed or accepted by the game engine, and any references to people real or fictional are not official and are used solely for the purposes of this publication

Labor gets a strong mandate in NPC elections, but cracks in coalition

---Maggie Haberman


The Labor Party did well in the NPC elections, but cracks are already emerging in their coalition. For instance, in Pennsylvania, Laborite Joanna Bakersfield of Allentown won in Schuylkill County, but you wouldn't know it if you came here. For instance at a rural diner, all of the patrons said they would have voted for the Federalists, but none of them voted this election, because they said that they were not engaged. However, one of them said, "When I heard that she won, I realized that the people in Philadelphia and the south, they are coming for us and our lifestyle, and we just can't have that". The story was similar out in Greene County. At a diner there, one person said that "these liberal politicians don't understand anyone who doesn't live in Pittsburgh or Pennsylvania, they are so politically correct, and I won't tolerate that." Out of the 17 people at that diner, only 2 voted, yet all of them declared their intention to oppose Mrs. Bakersfield.

In Florida, the Labor Party won a massive landslide. However, in the sweltering heat of South Florida, one of their most qualified candidates fell short. Donna, 79, of Coral Gables ran in a seat stretching from Coral Gables south to Lake by the Bay. The seat is majority Hispanic, and as Mrs. Donna noted in our interview with her, "it's heavily Cuban." Governor-Elect Chavez's agenda of progressive politics proved highly unpopular here. While the Governor-Elect did win the seat, Mrs. Donna ran behind him, and noted that his progressive politics had convinced voters to "not vote for the straight party line, and it cost candidates like me down the ballot." Mrs. Donna has been a fixture in Miami for decades, heading the University of Miami system for many years, she has said this was her last attempt for office ever, but warned that the party will face further losses in south Florida next time around, if they do not tone down on their rhetoric: "We absolutely need to reach out to these communities and recognize that progressivism isn't the best way to appeal to them."

One place where the Labor Party was particularly weak was in Maine. We interviewed a voter Susan, 67, of Portland. She is a lifetime Federalist, but had said before the election that she was undecided as she was "very concerned about the conduct of some of the Federalists in government, and about some of the bills that are being considered." She referred to the QAnon-adjacent bill being debated as "very troubling and concerning." But then she said "we need to hear all of the facts and debate on the bill before we make a firm decision." When we asked her how she voted she said "I voted for the Federalists, to preserve the Federalist tradition of New England." She also confirmed that she voted for the Liberals in the second round. When she was asked about the Badger scandal of former Councilor Ishan, she replied, "I believe that the Councilor has learned from this case" and then went on to say "the Councilor has been censured, that's a pretty big lesson" and then she said "I believe that he'll be much more cautious in the future." Another voter we talked to was a Labor Party activist and a card carrying member of the party, who frequently attends party conferences, she was Chellie, 65, of North Haven. She discussed the reason why the party lost simply as "We could not hold our own ground." She went on to say, how the party's strategy had been overly focused on Portland, and it was the only county where they won a majority. Then she went on to say "You know, you can't lose York County and win this state, running on the liberal end of the political spectrum, you just can't. You also won't win by getting pluralities in Lincoln and Knox. So we are going to need to work on infrastructure here in the southern part of the state, and we'll be more prepared next time."