The National Weekly Atlasian

[SPC]

pbrunsel for senate?

As much as I would like for him to be appointed, he doesn't strike me as very active. I could be wrong, though.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Vacancy in Midwest Senate Seat
by South Park Conservative

   As expected, former PPT Senator Lewis Trondheim resigned today, leaving the Midwest Senate seat vacant. The responsibility for filling this vacancy rests with Midwest ilikeverin ilikeverin, a possible candidate for the seat in February. Aside from himself, possible appointments include ican'tbelieveit'snotilikeverin GMantis, former ican'tbelieveit'snotilikeverin dead0man, and former justice TCash.

Why did he resign, and why was it expected?  Did I miss something?

At the end of the last senate, Lewis announced that he would be stepping down at PPT and would probably resign before the end of the new senate, "possibly as early as next week".

What was the reason though?

[SPC]

Vacancy in Midwest Senate Seat
by South Park Conservative

   As expected, former PPT Senator Lewis Trondheim resigned today, leaving the Midwest Senate seat vacant. The responsibility for filling this vacancy rests with Midwest ilikeverin ilikeverin, a possible candidate for the seat in February. Aside from himself, possible appointments include ican'tbelieveit'snotilikeverin GMantis, former ican'tbelieveit'snotilikeverin dead0man, and former justice TCash.

Why did he resign, and why was it expected?  Did I miss something?

At the end of the last senate, Lewis announced that he would be stepping down at PPT and would probably resign before the end of the new senate, "possibly as early as next week".

What was the reason though?

Why not?

[SPC]

Ilikeverin Appoints Self Senator, Ends Ilikeverinship
by South Park Conservative

   Now-former ilikeverin ilikeverin appointed himself to Lewis Trondheim's vacant senate seat today, as Lewis Trondheim wished. This appointment now puts ilikeverin's over two years as ilikeverin to an end, as now-former ican'tbelieveit'snotverin GMantis ascends to the ilikeverinship. Former Senator Trondheim has declared his candidacy for the ican'tbelieveit'snotverinship. Ilikeverin should be a safe bet for re-election in February should he seek it.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Maybe ilikeverin will hold the Senate seat for two years like he did with the ilikeverinship.

[SPC]

     Maybe ilikeverin will hold the Senate seat for two years like he did with the ilikeverinship.

Most likely that is the case. I believe Trondheim held the seat for a year and a half.

[SPC]

President Bgwah Holds 59% Approval
by South Park Conservative

   In a poll commisioned by the National Weekly Atlasian, it would found that nearly 59% of Atlasians approve of his job performance, with 41% disapproving. 35% thought his performance was excellent, 23% thought it was good, 18% thought it was fair, and 23% thought it was poor. The poll also found that if President Bgwah were to run for re-election, 59% would vote for him, and 41% would not vote for him.

[SPC]

Regional PVI Scores Out
by South Park Conservative

   The National Weekly Atlasian has decided to make Partisan Voting Index Scores for each region. Our methodology was to take everyone who cast a valid vote in the last election, look up their partisan registration, take the plurality party in each region, and compare that to national partisanship. Since Atlasia is a multipartisan country, we could not take simple margins of victory and compare them, but we had to compare them to everyone who isn't a member of that party. For example, in the Southeast, we took the margin of RPPers to non-RPPers, took the national margin of RPPers to non-RPPers, and subtracted the difference. Here are the scores:

Mideast: Regional Protection Party +15.2
Midwest: Social Democratic Party +32.7
Northeast: National Liberal Coalition +39.8
Pacific: Jesus Christ Party +54.6
Southeast: Regional Protection Party +88.2

Hopefully, the National Weekly Atlasian will do this on a bi-monthly basis.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     The NLC is still the biggest party in the Northeast? Wonder how long that'll last.

[SPC]

     The NLC is still the biggest party in the Northeast? Wonder how long that'll last.

At least among those who voted in the December election. Also, interesting to note is that the Southeast is the only region where any party has a majority of voters.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     The NLC is still the biggest party in the Northeast? Wonder how long that'll last.

At least among those who voted in the December election. Also, interesting to note is that the Southeast is the only region where any party has a majority of voters.

     Yep. I'm waiting for the SDP to attempt to break the RPP's strength in the Southeast like they tried to do to the JCP in the Pacific. Maybe they chickened out.

[Lief 🗽]

I think we're content with letting the RPP rule over Southeast. We're competitive in every other region.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Glad to see the Mideast on the side of the RPP

[HappyWarrior]

Glad to see the Mideast on the side of the RPP

Not at all.  Plus I don't see how any party has a score over the single digits in the region. We from my view are an extremely non partisan region.

[SPC]

Glad to see the Mideast on the side of the RPP

Not at all.  Plus I don't see how any party has a score over the single digits in the region. We from my view are an extremely non partisan region.

There were 13 voters from the Mideast in the last election, and out of them 5 were RPPers. Nationally, there were 17 RPPers out of 55 voters, and if one does the math that leads to the 15.2% figure, which is kind of misleading. Even so, the Mideast still is the closest region to the national average.

[Associate Justice PiT]

Glad to see the Mideast on the side of the RPP

Not at all.  Plus I don't see how any party has a score over the single digits in the region. We from my view are an extremely non partisan region.

There were 13 voters from the Mideast in the last election, and out of them 5 were RPPers. Nationally, there were 17 out of 54 RPPers, and if one does the math that leads to the 15.2% figure, which is kind of misleading.

     Furthermore, the Mideastern RPP comprises 1 conservative, 1 libertarian, 1 liberal, 1 left-populist, & 2 right-populists. It has a numerical advantage over the other parties there, but with such disparate views it can't really agree on anything outside of the RPP's most basic plank of advocating regional power.

[Sensei]

Glad to see the Mideast on the side of the RPP

Not at all.  Plus I don't see how any party has a score over the single digits in the region. We from my view are an extremely non partisan region.

the Mideast hasn't been non-partisan for long. It used to be a Utah-esque lock for the PLP in every race.

[DownWithTheLeft]

I think we're content with letting the RPP rule over Southeast. We're competitive in every other region.

The Mideast is suddenly becoming battleground city

[Smid]

     The NLC is still the biggest party in the Northeast? Wonder how long that'll last.

The NLC's policies fit comfortably within the moderate wing of the RPP. As Northeast Chair of the RPP, I am happy to talk to any discouraged NLCers who might be thinking of joining another party.

[HappyWarrior]

     The NLC is still the biggest party in the Northeast? Wonder how long that'll last.

The NLC's policies fit comfortably within the moderate wing of the RPP. As Northeast Chair of the RPP, I am happy to talk to any discouraged NLCers who might be thinking of joining another party.

But the NLC's policies overall fit much better with the DA and therefore would be a better fit for our party.  Former NLCers now is the time!  Jump on the DA bandwagon!

[Franzl]

     The NLC is still the biggest party in the Northeast? Wonder how long that'll last.

The NLC's policies fit comfortably within the moderate wing of the RPP. As Northeast Chair of the RPP, I am happy to talk to any discouraged NLCers who might be thinking of joining another party.

But the NLC's policies overall fit much better with the DA and therefore would be a better fit for our party.  Former NLCers now is the time!  Jump on the DA bandwagon!

Hear Hear!

[Purple State]

     The NLC is still the biggest party in the Northeast? Wonder how long that'll last.

The NLC's policies fit comfortably within the moderate wing of the RPP. As Northeast Chair of the RPP, I am happy to talk to any discouraged NLCers who might be thinking of joining another party.

But the NLC's policies overall fit much better with the DA and therefore would be a better fit for our party.  Former NLCers now is the time!  Jump on the DA bandwagon!

Hear Hear!

And get involved as we craft our party in the DA Convention here.

[Smid]

     The NLC is still the biggest party in the Northeast? Wonder how long that'll last.

The NLC's policies fit comfortably within the moderate wing of the RPP. As Northeast Chair of the RPP, I am happy to talk to any discouraged NLCers who might be thinking of joining another party.

But the NLC's policies overall fit much better with the DA and therefore would be a better fit for our party.  Former NLCers now is the time!  Jump on the DA bandwagon!

However it is more likely that in future, the chief battle will be between the SDP and the RPP - former NLCers have a greater future within the RPP.

[HappyWarrior]

     The NLC is still the biggest party in the Northeast? Wonder how long that'll last.

The NLC's policies fit comfortably within the moderate wing of the RPP. As Northeast Chair of the RPP, I am happy to talk to any discouraged NLCers who might be thinking of joining another party.

But the NLC's policies overall fit much better with the DA and therefore would be a better fit for our party.  Former NLCers now is the time!  Jump on the DA bandwagon!

However it is more likely that in future, the chief battle will be between the SDP and the RPP - former NLCers have a greater future within the RPP.

Where do you get either of those ideas?  The DA is just as active and has just as many capable members as either party.  We have fewer members overall but that can be soon resolved.

[Smid]

     The NLC is still the biggest party in the Northeast? Wonder how long that'll last.

The NLC's policies fit comfortably within the moderate wing of the RPP. As Northeast Chair of the RPP, I am happy to talk to any discouraged NLCers who might be thinking of joining another party.

But the NLC's policies overall fit much better with the DA and therefore would be a better fit for our party.  Former NLCers now is the time!  Jump on the DA bandwagon!

However it is more likely that in future, the chief battle will be between the SDP and the RPP - former NLCers have a greater future within the RPP.

Where do you get either of those ideas?  The DA is just as active and has just as many capable members as either party.  We have fewer members overall but that can be soon resolved.

You're constrained on the left by the SDP and constrained on the right by us. Either the DA will move in one direction or the other, but without moving one way or the other it's not likely to become powerful.