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Voters Lukewarm as President Seeks Full Term; Exclusive: Darcness to seek full term amid tough electorate
Topic Started: Jun 7 2017, 04:42 PM (635 Views)
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Voters Lukewarm as President Seeks Full Term
EBC Exclusive: Darcness to seek full term amid tough electorate
Written by McEntire




(Europeia - June 7, 2017) - With standing for the next Presidential election to open shortly, the Europeian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) polled the region and found that many voters are disillusioned and may be open to change. Much like our previous pre-standing poll, for the May Senate elections, the sample was slightly skewed towards younger members, with 57.1 percent indicating that they arrived in the region in 2015 or more recently. First, we will examine voter's opinions of the current term, then their preferences regarding the upcoming elections.

On the verge of a new election, a plurality of Europeians feel that we are headed in the right direction. Among those who responded to the poll, 48.6 percent say we're headed in the right direction, 28.6 percent think we're off on the wrong track, and 22.9 percent aren't sure. We cannot do an apples-to-apples comparison from the previous poll, though, because this time we allowed respondents to indicate that they're undecided. Compared to our previous poll, less respondents said both right direction and wrong track.

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Multiple sources have confirmed to the EBC that President Darcness intends to launch his own campaign for the presidency when the standing period opens. This poll contains mixed news for President Darcness, who has a 47.1 percent approval rating, with 29.4 percent disapproving. In the comments, many gave him good marks for taking over in a bad situation and doing a serviceable job. While a solid plurality approve of his job performance, less-than-majority approval is not necessarily the place you want to be in heading into what could be a bruising election campaign.

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Half of the President's Cabinet has majority approval from the citizens. Minister of Communications Deepest House received the highest approval rating at 88.6 percent, and his term has been widely praised. "We've worked hard to achieve the record results we have this term," Deepest House said when informed of the results of the EBC poll. "The success of the ministry this term is due to the hard work of my deputies, Kuramia and McEntire, and the entire staff of talented writers who have produced an unprecedented amount of content. I am extremely proud that their hard work is recognized by the citizens."

Minister of Radio Cat came in second in approval ratings at 82.9 percent. Voters consistently brought up Communications and Radio as bright spots in the term, and it shows in these ministers' ratings. Following not far behind is Foreign Affairs Minister Writinglegend at 77.1 percent, who is trailed by Grand Admiral Common-Sense Politics at 57.1 percent. Culture Minister XIV also registers majority approval, despite coming in mid-term.

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The other half of the President's Cabinet received approval from a minority of voters, although FA Minister Rach and Attorney General Drecq received better marks than the President. Rach, Drecq, and Interior Minister Leo all post respectable ratings, with higher approval than disapproval. Vice President Malashaan receives an extremely low 14.3 percent approval rating, although a majority of voters were either undecided or made other comments, mostly that they hadn't seen enough of his work to judge. Rounding out the Cabinet is Chief Advisor Kraketopia, a holdover from President Calvin who has not been very visible this term. Still, 48.6 percent of voters disapprove of his job performance, with only 5.7 percent approving.

In terms of highlights of the President's time in office, the most respondents (6) gave him some measure of credit for stepping up when needed and rolling with the punches. Voters also give him some credit for the Treaty of Westminster (4) and the Honored Citizens referendum (3). Other citizens seemed to think that there wasn't much of a highlight, or thought that he perhaps needed more time. Voters faulted Darcness for not having done much of anything (6), the Honored Citizens vote (6), and the Europeian Standard (2).

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And now, the bad news for President Darcness. only 22.9 percent would vote to re-elect the President, compared to 31.4 percent that would vote for another candidate. There was also a large group of undecided voters, and also several who chose "Other" and said that it would depend on who the other candidate was. So while the President has many voters to convince, the good news is that there are many voters who are willing to be convinced, or at least not against the President at this point. Voters are more optimistic than pessimistic about this election, by a margin of 48.6 percent to 34.3 percent, with 17.1 percent saying that they're neither.

"These results show that our region is looking for someone who can get things done, who can lead our region, old members and newcomers alike, into the future," Darcness said after the EBC briefed him on the results. The President confirmed the information the EBC received from its sources regarding a run for the presidency in the next election. "I'll be looking forward to that opportunity when I run for President in the upcoming election."

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The Europeian that most respondents mentioned as a potential candidate was Common-Sense Politics, the current Grand Admiral who lost to former President Calvin Coolidge last term in a bruising and hard-fought campaign. In second place is the former long-serving President Writinglegend, followed by the incumbent, Darcness. Following that top tier is Malashaan, Cat, and McEntire tied with three votes each. No other candidate was mentioned more than twice.

Overall, the president is facing a potentially tough re-election, which he intends to seek. While voters may be lukewarm on the president, they are not necessarily cold. There are many persuadable voters, and many who will give Darcness a chance, given that he stepped up when Calvin Coolidge resigned the office. If Grand Admiral Common-Sense Politics were to take a pass on running this time, it would significantly clear the path for Darcness. As standing opens, the region is ready for leadership.

Stay tuned, in the coming days the EBC will release the second half of the poll results, including the region's views on our Chancellors!
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Interesting polling, McEntire. Thanks for putting this together!
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Great stuff, Mac.

Ultimately, it doesn't matter what Darcness' approvals are if a credible candidate doesn't come forward to challenge him. :P
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Great stuff, Mac.

Ultimately, it doesn't matter what Darcness' approvals are if a credible candidate doesn't come forward to challenge him. :P
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I hope we get at least a somewhat competitive campaign here, but I have my doubts.
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Great analysis, interesting article. Also: Kraken still has a job how...?
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This will certainly be an interesting election, I'll be watching it unfold closely. Great article!
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