- Pronouns
- He/Him
Firstly, respondents were asked to indicate who they would vote for President and Vice President. The incumbent Pictonia received 38.9% of the vote, while his main challenger, Calvin Coolidge received 14 votes or 38.9% of the vote. Forilian, who can perhaps be seen as the underdog in this race garnered 16.7 % of the vote. Re-open elections only received two votes, so the elections' threat not concluding at the end of this week is unlikely. What is clear from these results is that this is not a closed race. There is ample time for all three candidates to cement themselves as the frontrunners in this election. Furthermore, there is approximately 40% outstanding of the remaining vote that may finally come in on Friday, meaning that these candidates have a chance, mostly via GOTVing those citizens that may not be as active as others.
Concerning the first question, respondents were asked to highlight how sure they would be voting for their candidate. The results of this question reaffirm the point made in the previous paragraph. 36.1% of poll-takers stated that they were either unsure or very unsure that they would stick with voting for their candidate, while 63.9% said the opposite. Largely, the first question results are unlikely to change all that much in the couple of days we have left. However, a substantial amount of respondents indicated that they would potentially change their vote.
Pichtonia and Kuramia are two very well respected Europeian's, and they've arguably had a good term, so one would expect their platform to be one of the best since they're fighting for re-election. Yet, pollsters do not view it this way. Like Forilian/Monkey's only garners, their platform is a small minority of 52.8% of people who stated that they were satisfied with their platform. Again, there are certain factors to this, and most likely the controversy over the raid of The Embassy perhaps played a part in their platform not achieving the satisfaction levels they may have hoped for.
Finally, Calvin Coolidge's platform reports back a 50% approval rating. It is important to note that since their platform was released late, there were many "unsure" voters. (38.2%) Calvin's decision to stand late may have proved to have been detrimental to their election chances. However, it could be interpreted that recent events and their ability to draft and publish a platform in only a couple of days, may have improved their election chances.
Penultimately, respondents were asked to state what factors they view as being important in a presidential candidate. Platform quality (88.9%) and executive experience (86.1%) receive an overwhelming majority here, which is not surprising. The platform is generally the first thing voters see from the candidate, especially from less active voters. A platform should contain your plans and policies for the upcoming term and why they are the best policies. Executive experience is arguably significant. Every candidate has executive experience, some more than others, and it will be up to the electorate to determine who's executive experience and leadership enable them to be a successful President.
- Grandfather Clock
- #Nate/Dark for President 2021
- UPC, SkyGreen24, Seva, Darkslayer
- SkyGreen24
- Sopo, Monkey, Dark, CSP
- Why has Pichto not made a statement?
- CPS, UPC
- Darkslayer/UPC
- NES
- Nate, GC (lmao jk), Dark, Sopo
Finally, poll-takers were asked to state, if anyone would like to see run for President. The most notable mentions here are Darkslayer with 5 votes, and UPC with 3 votes. NES, Xecrio, SkyGreen24, GC, Sopo, Monkey, CSP, and Seva all received mentions here, too.
To conclude, this election is far from over. Although there may only be a couple of days left to campaign, those couple days will prove to be the catalyst in determining who is elected President and Vice President of Europeia next term. Therefore, at present, 4,000 Words is unable to provide a predictive outcome on the results of the election due to the results being so close.
