Election Live Blog: December 2023
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This has turned from a sleepy Senate election with barely enough candidates to fill a rowboat to one with a bunch of late entrants. The fate of the Weighted Voting Amendment, a possible Constitutional Convention, and so much more is on the line in this election.
In the last few days, prominent Europeians like PhDre, upc, and Gem have stood to spice things up, and now it's an unpredictable race to the finish.
If you haven't yet, listen to yesterday's radio show, where Elio, upc, and I break down the latest developments - many of which happened while we were on air! Also, for context make sure you check out the EBC Senate End-of-Term and Executive Midterm Results, as well as Rand's recently released poll on the Weighted Voting Amendment.
To break down all of the latest developments, we are going to bring in some of our expert EBC pundits.
First, I want to bring in current Senator @Forilian, who won a by-election this term. Fori, I wonder if you can give us your perspective on the back half of this term? How's it been going? And what's surprised you about this election? Any predictions of who will win?
Second, I want to bring in one of those late arrivals to the race, former WA Minister @Josi. Josi, you stood for this race late, and then stood down shortly thereafter. What made you want to run, and why did you ultimately withdraw?
Finally, I want to bring in another late arrival, Senator @PhDre. Dre, you authored perhaps the most controversial proposal of this election, the Weighted Voting Amendment. We have seen dueling polls come out in recent days:
Conducted Nov. 28-30, 25 respondents
Conducted Nov. 9-11, 31 responses