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Just voted. Eh heh heh eh heh. In the evening I'll tell you what are the exit poll results. Should be in circa seven hours, unless one of the booths has to stay open for a longer while.
Meanwhile, I have a question for you. What would you guys do? No doubt there'll be massive amounts of butthurt in various corners of the Internet. Would you go out to feed on it, or rather advise against that?
Update: there were also two or three parties and committees (I think the difference is, one is a full-blown party and the other is treated like one for convenience, but I won't swear by it), which I've missed out, because they are insignificant and haven't had representatives in any debate that I could register.
* "God bless you" Committee - the leader is a film researcher who is sort of like a cross between an internet troll and a religious right pundit (the fact he's consciously playing up the image of reactionary ultra-Catholic rightie doesn't mean he isn't one). After starting out in presidential elections, where he made quite an impression ("was Yoda a Jew?"), he gathered some folks and now starts in parliament elections.
* KNP - former party of the Korwin guy, now trying to stay afloat after the ponies followed their guru (it's like third or fourth he stranded this way). Not that they were afloat beforehand, but at least they could dream. Ideologically, no difference to speak of - technically one might expect there's much less insanity, now that he had left, but it's a fool's hope.
EXIT POLLS!
So, these are the results, as they appear right now. In several days, we'll most probably have enough votes counted to not leave any doubts. These numbers might still change, and some parties hold one or another sort of boundary value. But if these results were to stay, here's what I can say:
PiS is the clear winner, as expected.
If they ally with Kukiz - which they most probably will - they'll have almost 50%.Neither Nowoczesna nor PSL are in good relations with them,but it's hard to expect they won't be able to get past the threshold. PO has a good result, but enough enmity build up between PO and PiS to expect they'll be anything but the opposition. (Edit: I have to clarify. I missed out on something, namely that when those percents are turned into seats in Sejm, it means PiS is capable of independent ruling, no coalition necessary. 242/460. That's quite a punch to everyone else. I'm striking out now-obsolete sentences.)PSL did surprise nobody - while the polls consequently predict they will fail, they just as consequently reach just past the threshold. They might
try out a coalition with PiS, orwait until it fizzles out. When it comes to survival, you can't beat a peasant - even in politics.Both Kukiz and Nowoczesna did better than I expected. While I'm significantly wary of Nowoczesna - they have the image of a party representing the interests of the folks the "we're the 99%" folks protest against - they might infuse just enough liberalism into Polish politics to make me happy. Also, that would undercut the ponies. Undercutting the ponies is something I'm always for. Kukiz's movement is rather populist, and may cause some problems for PiS, but it looks like they're the most likely ally. We will see what comes of them. I don't expect them being a big problem to PiS, but they might clash on issues such as economic policy or the proposed change to voting system. (Edit: Kukiz just said in a live interview he intends to enter no permanent coalition, only case-by-case.)
The left is the biggest loser - for what I think is the first time since '89, there is no left-wing party in the Parliament. Of the two leftist parties, Razem failed to reach the 5% threshold, but they got the 3% campaign refund threshold, so it's a comfortable loss. They made a name for themselves and might try the next time. Meanwhile, ZL must curse themselves for running as a coalition - the threshold for coalitions is 8%. If only they used the trick of placing the other parties' politicians on the list of the biggest of them, they'd get past 5%.
And finally, I'll laugh and laugh and laugh at the expense of ponies. Four point nine. Trolololo, ecks-de-de-de-de!
By sex (or gender, heh eh heh heh):
FEMALES - MALES
I leave party names as they are, since everyone can see what their acronyms are.
Back to Poland: doesn't that guy who speculates Yoda is Jewish know that Toydrians are the Space Jews of Star Wars?
"Was Yoda a Jew?"
"You said that. *wink wink*"
I don't know if his knowledge of SW universe is that detailed, but the dude once had a semi-(I hope)-serious rant about the Jedi and the Rebellion being the Star Wars equivalent of a nefarious left-wing media/former regime personnel conspiracy. I can re-watch it if you wish, then describe it more detailedly.
One of the funnier new PMs is a rapper, one of the pioneers of the style in Poland. As you would expect, he's one of Kukiz's folks. He was quite popular in the Nineties, but his most memorable piece - "I Wanna Fuck" - is from 2002.
Also, waiting for full results. They screwed something up with votes cast by ex-pats living in London, and so we have to wait till ten o'clock. Surprisingly, the old left steadily rose as more and more votes were counted, and by now they even have a slim chance of passing through. Korwin-Mikke's guys are chewing their nails as well, as they have good standing in that demographic.
Official results:
PiS - 37, 58 proc.
PO - 24,09 proc.
Razem - 3,62 proc.
KORWiN - 4,76 proc.
PSL - 5,13 proc.
ZL - 7,55 proc.
Kukiz'15 - 8,81 proc.
Nowoczesna - 7,6 proc.
Oh, and there's a single representative from the German minority (they don't have to reach the threshold).
I was never able to pull it off, alas. Tried recently to convince people high rape rate in Sweden is not immigrant criminality but feminist abuse of power. Didn't work.
In other news: today I realized I'm most likely the eldest of all who've come to a meeting of members of a students' club I belong to, and that includes folks with multiple repeated years. It just happened out of nowhere. Darn, I feel old.
So I'm driving my car, there's a bit of a jam 'cause the road's long and red light holds for a while, and there's this piece of shit cutting in line. No way. I bumped the bastard, not enough to scratch his car even. He walks out, smartphone in hand, looks like the image of liberal-minded businessman, asshole. Took some photos. I tell him everything is under control, so he's like, it isn't if I bumped into his WORTH NINETY THOUSAND car. So I tell him, it is indeed, I did intend it. Everything that has transpired has done so according to my design. Went pretty pissed. Threatened me with cops, tough guy. Heh heh heh. I was quite convinced it's not like he could do anything (even checked again - not a spot of dirt on either bumper, I tell ya), but I didn't have time for fun'n'games, so I don my best trollface and tell him, sure mate, sorry for that. Seems like he bought it. Told me to drive safely while getting in his NINETY THOUSAND car. Thank you very much, mate, I don't always drive safely, but sometimes it's on purpose.
/toughguy
True story, if a bit colorised. Actually I wasn't as trolltastic as I'd prefer in such circumstances, but telling the story makes me feel better about it. I kinda wonder what are the guy's feelings on the topic. I would certainly feel unfulfilled if he was convinced he "won", but if I ruined a part of his day or at least made him feel trolled, that would alleviate the second thoughts.
Shouldn't have bought these fries.
^ you're welcome.
Like, yesterday I learned of wizardchan. Wizard Revolution makes perfect sense now. Not to mention, I know I have a place to go when you guys grow tired of me, heh heh.
> he wishes me happy birthday (my birthday was on Oct 31)
> respond Nov 2 asking him how the town is doing
> Nov 3 election
> opposing party takes over town council
awkward
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Hope,_Alaska
Pretty awesome.