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Viktor Orbán concedes defeat after 'painful' election result

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Re: Viktor Orbán concedes defeat after 'painful' election result

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Post by patcon »

quantummagic wrote: post #12
mstade wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a fellow European this is the biggest surprise of the election, I thought for sure he'd pull a Trump.

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From the perspective of a Canadian, this feels like an absolutely mad-cap crazy comment. What did you live through?

EDIT: with as little judgement as I'm sincerely trying to have, I would strongly recommend reviewing your information diet and neurotypical predispositions to investigate why you might believe this. (E.g. I am predisposed to support an underdog, and need to gutcheck myself on that regularly)

Re: Viktor Orbán concedes defeat after 'painful' election result

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Post by bparsons »

quantummagic wrote: post #12
mstade wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a fellow European this is the biggest surprise of the election, I thought for sure he'd pull a Trump.

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I vaguely recall a man giving a speech to a large group of people, urging Congress to not certify the election, and then those people storming the capitol, and then those people going to jail and being subsequently pardoned from jail from the guy who gave the speech.

Re: Viktor Orbán concedes defeat after 'painful' election result

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Post by lysace »

jacquesm wrote: post #7
lysace wrote: post #3

Welcome back to Europe, Hungary.

Time will tell. Keep in mind that his successor was part of Orban's party in the past.

From your perspective as afaik nowadays a Californian progressive: Don't let perfect be the enemy of good.

Re: Viktor Orbán concedes defeat after 'painful' election result

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Post by dd8601fn »

stefan_ wrote: post #20
crop_rotation wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Pulling a Trump requires a polarized electorate where you are mostly going to have both parties in 48-52% range, with only real fights in few battleground states, and no absurd change in total vote %. Even Trump won't pull a Trump if other party was nearing 2/3rd majority. I am not even sure of what would happen to American politics if a party reaches 2/3rd majority in both houses, a list of long pending reforms migh…

Also an election system designed for horseback.

I think it's pretty damn brilliant. I see the failure to maintain it as intended as the real shortcoming.
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