The Examiner: Election Tracker

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I see dc_troll got PiT to vote for Mint since if he didn't she wouldn't be his friend anymore!

     First, don't insult my friends.

     Second, Mint coming in first would be a huge moral victory, if you look at which Senator's seat he'd be taking.

Yes, thats true, he is taking Marokai's seat. How ironic. Who's is Duke taking, Franzl's, or Rowan's.

     I think he'll probably be taking Franzl's seat, which means badger would take Rowan's seat.

I have been fascinated by the way the STV seat allocation works for some time. I still don't care much for the At-large seats as a whole though. Just found that tidbit about them slightly interesting.

     I've been deeply interested in the partisan breakdown of the Senate ever since the Senate History page was updated to include it.

oh, my guilty pleasure. spending hours in front of history pages on the wiki both for Atlasia and the US.

[MasterJedi]

Hamilton's on mod review.

This is what, the fourth time?

I think so. He hasn't tried post it yet and so far 9 mods have voted permaban. Eventually Dave will get tired with him and ban him. Will be a glorious day.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Hamilton's on mod review.

This is what, the fourth time?

Sixth I believe

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

Hamilton's on mod review.

This is what, the fourth time?

I think so. He hasn't tried post it yet and so far 9 mods have voted permaban. Eventually Dave will get tired with him and ban him. Will be a glorious day.

Lol, Hamilton is attacking me through AIM. lol

I actually think he might have been banned. Dave hasn't said anything but Hamilton also hasn't posted today and thus is behind by about 200 posts.

We can only pray that is the case.

We can only pray!

So because you people disagree with someone, it would be a "glorious day" to see them banned from an internet forum?

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Hamilton's on mod review.

This is what, the fourth time?

I think so. He hasn't tried post it yet and so far 9 mods have voted permaban. Eventually Dave will get tired with him and ban him. Will be a glorious day.

Lol, Hamilton is attacking me through AIM. lol

I actually think he might have been banned. Dave hasn't said anything but Hamilton also hasn't posted today and thus is behind by about 200 posts.

We can only pray that is the case.

We can only pray!

So because you people disagree with someone, it would be a "glorious day" to see them banned from an internet forum?

Its much more than that, trust me. I disagree with Marokai much more then Hamilton, but do you see me calling for his head? I actually agree with Hamilton on a lot of stuff. It has nothing to do with disagreeing.

[Devilman88]

Hamilton's on mod review.

This is what, the fourth time?

I think so. He hasn't tried post it yet and so far 9 mods have voted permaban. Eventually Dave will get tired with him and ban him. Will be a glorious day.

Lol, Hamilton is attacking me through AIM. lol

I actually think he might have been banned. Dave hasn't said anything but Hamilton also hasn't posted today and thus is behind by about 200 posts.

We can only pray that is the case.

We can only pray!

So because you people disagree with someone, it would be a "glorious day" to see them banned from an internet forum?

Its much more than that, trust me. I disagree with Marokai much more then Hamilton, but do you see me calling for his head? I actually agree with Hamilton on a lot of stuff. It has nothing to do with disagreeing.

Ditto.

[Associate Justice PiT]

I see dc_troll got PiT to vote for Mint since if he didn't she wouldn't be his friend anymore!

     First, don't insult my friends.

     Second, Mint coming in first would be a huge moral victory, if you look at which Senator's seat he'd be taking.

Yes, thats true, he is taking Marokai's seat. How ironic. Who's is Duke taking, Franzl's, or Rowan's.

     I think he'll probably be taking Franzl's seat, which means badger would take Rowan's seat.

I have been fascinated by the way the STV seat allocation works for some time. I still don't care much for the At-large seats as a whole though. Just found that tidbit about them slightly interesting.

     I've been deeply interested in the partisan breakdown of the Senate ever since the Senate History page was updated to include it.

oh, my guilty pleasure. spending hours in front of history pages on the wiki both for Atlasia and the US.

     Indeed, there are many interesting things that become apparent probing the Senate History page.

[HappyWarrior]

I see dc_troll got PiT to vote for Mint since if he didn't she wouldn't be his friend anymore!

     First, don't insult my friends.

     Second, Mint coming in first would be a huge moral victory, if you look at which Senator's seat he'd be taking.

Yes, thats true, he is taking Marokai's seat. How ironic. Who's is Duke taking, Franzl's, or Rowan's.

     I think he'll probably be taking Franzl's seat, which means badger would take Rowan's seat.

I have been fascinated by the way the STV seat allocation works for some time. I still don't care much for the At-large seats as a whole though. Just found that tidbit about them slightly interesting.

     I've been deeply interested in the partisan breakdown of the Senate ever since the Senate History page was updated to include it.

oh, my guilty pleasure. spending hours in front of history pages on the wiki both for Atlasia and the US.

     Indeed, there are many interesting things that become apparent probing the Senate History page.

For instance I was Dean of the Senate for exactly 5 days lol

[Barnes]

Well, the election is officially over. It would be nice to see full, final results.

[Smid]

Ahem.  The way I see it, Badger is taking Marokai's seat, Duke is taking Rowan's seat, and Mint is taking Franzl's seat.

Is there some rhyme or reason, or method behind the madness to this?

Yes, ideology.  Although Franzl and Mint aren't really a match, they are the ones left over after the other two pairs are appropriatelly matched.

Yes, since STV is proportionate, it's best to consider votes as party votes instead of personal votes - most people voting for one RPP candidate, for example, will gladly vote for the other (with some noteable exceptions), likewise for the JCP, DA, ARC, LNF, etc.

Consequently, don't consider a particular Senator as taking over another Senator's seat, see it in terms of how many Senators each party has managed to have elected.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

Its wonderful that the post in question ended up deleted and not edited for content so that we can all sit around here and debate who was right and who was wrong, because clearly this is the most productive use of our collective time.

[Јas]

Total Votes: 43
Last voter: feeblepizza
Seats: 3
Quota: 11

Count 1

Shua	17
Snowguy	8
Oakvale	5
True Federalist	4	(18 #2 preferences)
WisconsinGurl	4	(12 #2 preferences)
Agooji	4	(  0 #2 preferences)
Sewer	2
20RP12	0

Appalling vote management by the Populares is costing them any chance of picking up a second seat.

True Federalist and WisconsinGurl getting lots of high preferences, but not enough crucial #1s.
JCP benefitting from that vote split, with Snowguy en route to election and Oakvale very competitive.

As it stands, Snowguy passes the quota and gets elected on Count 6, and True Federalist would get the final seat (by a little over 1 vote) ahead of Oakvale without reaching the quota.

It’s really close between True Fed, Oakvale and TexasGurl for that last seat though; and Snowguy’s seat isn’t itself absolutely safe. Yet.

[HappyWarrior]

Jas you need to bring the most trusted name in Atlasian news back.

[Oakvale]

This talk of transfers and vote management is making me nostalgic for the Irish election.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

I must be doing the transfers wrong somewhere.  As of feeblepizza's vote, I have both Snowguy and myself going over the quota on Count 6, tho he does so by more than me  (12.706 for him. 11.235 for myself).

[Associate Justice PiT]

     On the other hand, excellent vote management by the RPP suggests that the top two candidates of the bulk of the party will likely make it in.

[Јas]

Senate Mid-Term Election Tracker

Votes Cast: 51
Last Voter: Alcon
Current Quota: 9

Count 1

shua	11	(20RP12, wormyguy, redcommander, RosettaStoned, feeblepizza, Mechaman, Giovanni, Jbrase, shua, Dallasfan65)
Duke	9	(PiT, Ben, AndrewCT, HappyWarrior, dead0man, bigbadfab, cinyc, Sanchez, The Economist)
Antonio	8	(homelycooking, Marokai, TexasGurl, Yelnoc, Polnut, Antonio, Hans-im-Gluck, Fuzzleton)
True Federalist	6	(ThomasD, ilikeverin, Frodo, Lewis, sbane, Jas)
Snowguy	6	(Kalwejt, Ebowed, Gramps, Bacon King, Snowguy, Tender Branson)
Teddy	3	(Teddy, tmthforu, Cathcon)
Oakvale	3	(Oakvale, Napoleon, Alcon)
sewer	2	(sewer, Fritz)
cinyc	1	(Smid)
officepark	1	(officepark)
Sanchez	0
Smid	0
NOTA	1	(Sam Spade)

On current votes, shua and Duke are elected on Count 1.
True Federalist, Snowguy and Antonio are all elected following Count 6, ahead of Teddy who at that stage is slightly more than 2 votes shy following reasonably strong gains through the counts on transfers.

However...

Voters Remaining by Party
26 RPP
24 JCP
12 UDL
11 POP
16 i/O

[Antonio the Sixth]

With all those JCPers and RPPers left to vote, I can't say I feel very safe...

[Јas]

With all those JCPers and RPPers left to vote, I can't say I feel very safe...

Given the remaining voters it's likely the final seats will be between Teddy, Oakvale, TF and yourself.

There should be at least one UDL seat there, but that might depend on order of elimination. TF transfers to you fairly well; but your voters don't do likewise - preferring JCP candidates to TF by 6-2.

[Јas]

Senate Mid-Term Election Tracker

Votes Cast: 69
Last Voter: Holmes
Current Quota: 12

Duke	15	(PiT, Ben, AndrewCT, HappyWarrior, dead0man, bigbadfab, cinyc, Sanchez, The Economist, Swedish Cheese, Inks, Brandon H, Junkie, Winfield, gporter)
Antonio	11	(homelycooking, Marokai, TexasGurl, Yelnoc, Polnut, Antonio, Hans-im-Gluck, Fuzzleton, belgiansocialist, JulioMadrid, hawkeye59)
shua	11	(20RP12, wormyguy, redcommander, RosettaStoned, feeblepizza, Mechaman, Giovanni, Jbrase, taft4prz, shua, Dallasfan65)
Snowguy	9	(Kalwejt, Ebowed, Gramps, Bacon King, Snowguy, Tender Branson, John Dibble, px75, nclib)
Oakvale	8	(Oakvale, Napoleon, Alcon, Eraserhead, bullmoose, opebo, realisticidealist, Holmes)
True Federalist	6	(ThomasD, ilikeverin, Frodo, Lewis, sbane, Jas)
Teddy	4	(Teddy, tmthforu, Cathcon, Johanus)
sewer	2	(sewer, Fritz)
cinyc	1	(Smid)
officepark	1	(officepark)
gporter	0
Sanchez	0
Smid	0
NOTA	1	(Sam Spade)

On current votes, Duke is elected on Count 1.
shua on Count 4.
Snowguy, Antonio and True Fed on Count 5.
Oakvale being the last candidate standing not elected, surpassed by TF on Teddy's elimination.

Teddy's campaign seems to be falling behind - there are though more than enough RPP voters remaining to put him back in contention. Oakvale and Teddy's failure to attract any votes from outside their parties isn't helping.

Still fairly close though. Duke seems to be safe, but the other 4 seats are still there for the taking between the remaining 6 candidates.

Voters Remaining by Party

Party	Members	Yet to vote
RPP	36	19
JCP	36	15
POP	19	11
UDL	19	10
i/O	30	15

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Not a big deal, but by my count there should be 19 RPPers left to vote, not 20. You seem to have missed Taft4Prez's vote.

[Јas]

     Not a big deal, but by my count there should be 19 RPPers left to vote, not 20. You seem to have missed Taft4Prez's vote.

Thanks, corrected.

[Јas]

Congrats to Duke, shua, Snowguy, Antonio and Oakvale.

Tough beat True Fed, there's no beating the JCP machine. Only a fraction of a vote short again it looks like.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     LOL, all incumbents won.

[Yelnoc]

     LOL, all incumbents won.

That's completely unexpected.  I expected at least True Fed to get in.