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Written by HEM Tiberius
As the Presidential race approaches the final three days, polls suggest a very close race between Foreign Affairs Minister Kraketopia and Speaker Drecq.
"Both candidates have had strong suits, and both candidates have had mis-steps," ENN contributor Jay Leno says, "This will be a close race. This will be one to watch."
A poll commissioned by ENN -- the first ENN poll this cycle -- confirms earlier polling that showed Kraketopia was a slight lead. 54% of respondents said that if the election were held today, they would be casting their vote for Kraketopia. 38% said that they would vote for Drecq, and 8% were undecided.
"This is good news for Kraketopia," Princeton economics professor Paul Krugman says, "Don't get me wrong, this is very good news. He is above 50%, and that's exactly what you want. That being said, this poll is sampling only about 50-70% of the people who will eventually vote, so this thing is still anybody's game."
Kraketopia has a larger base than Drecq, with 35% "strongly" supporting him, and only 19% "strongly" supporting his opponent. Both candidates have 19% of the electorate "leaning" toward them, and those voters could be kingmakers in this game.
"Even consider these 25 people are the only ones to vote, all Drecq has to do is win the undecideds and peel away 3 votes from Kraken's 'leaning' column, and he wins," former UK Prime Minister John Major contributes, "Kraketopia has the best position going into the polls, but he is not a lock by any extent of the imagination."
When voters were asked how they would vote if incumbent President Anumia was seeking re-election, the entire race was thrown into the fire.
31% would support Anumia, 31% would support Kraketopia, and 27% would support Drecq (with 12% undecided).
"Would've been a helluva election," An anonymous Europeian contributed sadly.
In terms of the current field running, 69% of Europeians are satisfied with the field of candidates. Among those who are not, names like "Common Sense Politics", "PhDre", and "Lethen" came up the most often as people the 31% wished had run.
ENN recently published a piece that spoke about the progress made under President Anumia's tenure that also spoke about the changing political climate. 54% of respondents said that they wished for a return to a more "dynamic" political culture, with only 15% preferring the current state of affairs. 31% said they were unsure or not decided.
54% of Europeians feel the region is going in a good direction, with 42% feeling it has stagnated, and 4% feeling we are on the wrong track.
This generally optimistic sentiment reflects in President Anumia's final approval rating, which clocks in at a very strong 74%.
