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HEM: "Welcome viewers in Europeia and around the world to ENN's Coverage of the December 2014 Presidential Elections! Tonight we are starting with analysis from our recently commissioned poll! We will start with the big question on everyone's mind: where do voters stand in the current Presidential race?"
HEM: "We will now get some feedback from our panel. With us tonight is Associate Justice Hyanygo, Senator Sopo, and Minister Writinglegend!"
Hyanygo: "Mouse has won this. The magic number for most elections is 20, and it's clear that Mouse is ahead and close to that magic number."
Sopo: "It's nice to see the "joke candidacy" receive a little bit less credibility in this poll."
Writinglegend: "I'm surprised even the joke candidates got some votes."
Hyanygo: "The only real choices are between Mouse and Notolecta and Mouse has trounced her only serious rival. The reason, I suspect, that this poll is better is that it isn't public."
Writinglegend: "But yes, they at least received a little less credibility this poll in contrast to earlier ones."
Sopo: "Poor Prometheus had absolutely no idea what he was getting himself into. I wonder if he voted for himself or it was someone else."
Hyanygo: "Shitmeisters and easily-jollied people like the public polls to mess around with."
Writinglegend: "I agree Sopo."
Hyanygo: "No-one would graffitti if only they could see it, and for brief amount of time."
Sopo: "Overall, it's clear Mouse has the lead, as expected."
HEM: "Next, we asked voters how enthusiastic they were about the election. We got some interesting numbers here!"
Sopo: "This is a good sign, really. People are happy to see a contested election, even if numbers show it will ultimately be one-sided. Noto has put his all into his campaign, and its revived the competitive spirit of Presidential elections. Sure, it would be better if the candidates were seen as evenly matched, but it's a large improvement on the last election."
Writinglegend: "Last election saw one ticket stand, and it was widely considered a lack luster election, as noted. This shows it's greatly improved this term, with four tickets going forward, although one is a joke ticket. I'm glad to see results like these, although I wonder what makes five pollers bored or dissatisfied by the candidates."
Hyanygo: "I think we take heart from the positive feelings."
HEM: "ENN was very curious to know what people thought about our political culture. For the last year, many politicians have complained about us being 'too PC' and afraid to hold people accountable. Do Europeians agree? Opinion is mixed, but quite a few seem to."
Hyanygo: "So we're ok, or too cold. This is perhaps better than being too hot."
Writinglegend: "At least we aren't too hot A split between ideal and too soft is better than the aforementioned."
Sopo: "I'm glad I'm not alone in the latter category. People have become thin skinned, and we've resigned ourselves to accepting mediocre performance. It's unsettling that the smallest showing of critcism can set people off. I hope we slowly amp up the politics around here--certainly not to our past highs, but more than now. I wonder if the population of serious players has decreased."
Hyanygo: "There are good and bad ways of treating mediocre performance, being a hard-ass is not, in general, a good way. On the flip side, we have very few people who can implement effective "soft" ways of dealing with bad performance."
HEM: "Hyanygo, I know a long time ago you argued that controversial figures were good for the region because they added spice to the politics? (i.e. you defended Falconias as an asset to the region in the past). Would you say your opinion has changed on hostile politics from then? Not trying to attack you, just curious."
Hyanygo: "I think I've just got older. When you're IRL young, you get your kicks in a heated environment. When you're older, have a job, have responsibilities, I guess you prefer the "let's get stuff done nicely" variety. I don't mean to say -I'm- always nice, but I am more accomodating than in the past and less likely to wade into things."
HEM: "Very interesting! Thanks for explaining that Hyanygo! We are now going to move on a topic that has stirred many passions here in Europeia -- our aiding in the invasion of the region 'Canada'. While the invasion itself took place some time ago, members have proposed the idea of some sort of apology. This proposal was vehemently opposed by others, but let's see what the region as a whole thinks!"
Sopo: "Pretty even split, but the non-apologies seem to have it, definitely. Though perhaps the Navy should consider refraining from raiding embassy regions in the future, in most cases. I'm still of the opinion that embassies are worth something, and I don't think the simple need to raid outweighs that."
Hyanygo: "There should be some consideration given to the embassy status and the fact that valued members of the community were heavily invested in Canada. As with most things, I think the moment you start laying out formulas and rules of thumb, people will love to nitpick at your definitions and rules so I won't bother. I'd just say that I don't think it was right for a range of reasons that in my mind compounded each other."
HEM: "What about the EAAC question? When asked what should be done with the EAAC 11 Europeians thought no changes were needed, 11 thought that some regulatory fixes were needed, 5 thought that the EACC should be abolished or see its role greatly diminished, while 3 didn't know enough to answer."
Sopo: "Another close one. Obviously since I wrote the article, I support some minimal changes which I don't believe are overly restrictive or harmful to the EAAC's overall mission. I think there's a kneejerk reaction against changes to the EAAC on behalf of some people simply because it's been an ongoing debate. I hope the changes I and others have proposed will be considered, it seems like many people hope the same thing."
HEM: "Alrighty folks, we have to scram for a quick commercial break. When we return, we'll run through some hypothetical tickets we posed to the voters. We'll be right back!"