[CPF] CP Primary Results November
Day 2,174, 17:51
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by TheSmoke
This one is for Tom Joad,
Well maybe it was the offer of free candy, unlimited free calling, or free-falling bombs, but this Primary was a dousie! The polls were open for more than 36 hours, and our members have selected Oinyo as the Candidate to support.
The results are as follows:
DMV3 of CPP ( 7 ) - 29%
Oinyo of CW ( 8 ) - 33%
Rylde of MDP ( 7 ) - 29%
Abstain ( 2 ) - 8%
As we can see, the results are very close, and quite hard to call, but Oinyo received the most votes. I have taken several notes from this primary, I make mistakes and try to learn from them. People may ask why I am making these admissions public, well I want to be transparent and demonstrate I want to improve the party for everyone.
1. Using an Instant Run Off vote system or Ranked system. It has been used in the past, however recent primaries did not require such a system. So if I shall remain PP, I will return to this system.
2. The option to abstain. People will say that those two votes could have changed the election, and that is true, it's also true that if two more people from the party participated, the election could yet be different. The option to abstain is a check for the party. By not having the option, people will not participate, a sort of do it this way or don't bother us at all. If a larger group of people decided to abstain, we would have to reconsider the approach we are currently taking.
3. I have been criticized by some members for my position as MoF in Oinyo's cabinet, and position of VP in DMV's. Rylde also offered me the position of VP if I were to withdraw from the other two's. First off if you're not getting criticized for something, probably means your not doing anything in the first place. I agreed to work with both potential CP's, and would have accepted Rylde's had there not been the withdraw clause, why? Because I am here to work for Canada, and our people, not for a "friend". I believe most people in the party can agree that I did not try to sway any of our members to vote for my guy because I said so, or abuse my position of power.
Well that is my summary of this so far exciting election, I hope this information is helpful to a few, and to the rest of ya, well bugger off!.
Cheers,
TheSmoke
Well maybe it was the offer of free candy, unlimited free calling, or free-falling bombs, but this Primary was a dousie! The polls were open for more than 36 hours, and our members have selected Oinyo as the Candidate to support.
The results are as follows:
DMV3 of CPP ( 7 ) - 29%
Oinyo of CW ( 8 ) - 33%
Rylde of MDP ( 7 ) - 29%
Abstain ( 2 ) - 8%
As we can see, the results are very close, and quite hard to call, but Oinyo received the most votes. I have taken several notes from this primary, I make mistakes and try to learn from them. People may ask why I am making these admissions public, well I want to be transparent and demonstrate I want to improve the party for everyone.
1. Using an Instant Run Off vote system or Ranked system. It has been used in the past, however recent primaries did not require such a system. So if I shall remain PP, I will return to this system.
2. The option to abstain. People will say that those two votes could have changed the election, and that is true, it's also true that if two more people from the party participated, the election could yet be different. The option to abstain is a check for the party. By not having the option, people will not participate, a sort of do it this way or don't bother us at all. If a larger group of people decided to abstain, we would have to reconsider the approach we are currently taking.
3. I have been criticized by some members for my position as MoF in Oinyo's cabinet, and position of VP in DMV's. Rylde also offered me the position of VP if I were to withdraw from the other two's. First off if you're not getting criticized for something, probably means your not doing anything in the first place. I agreed to work with both potential CP's, and would have accepted Rylde's had there not been the withdraw clause, why? Because I am here to work for Canada, and our people, not for a "friend". I believe most people in the party can agree that I did not try to sway any of our members to vote for my guy because I said so, or abuse my position of power.
Well that is my summary of this so far exciting election, I hope this information is helpful to a few, and to the rest of ya, well bugger off!.
Cheers,
TheSmoke
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Opinions appear to be divided. I like that Oinyo has been supported by CPF, since it will ensure more entertainment come election day (it would have been too much of a gimme if Rylde was endorsed).
So what chance does DMV have of coming up the middle? I guess that all depends on people's moods and blooped's 'sheeple.'
gl;hf!
If it were up to me, I would have a monkey knife fight...
So I guess that's why CPF brought Exalted Druid to a gun fight....because he has an AK-47 and he's not afraid to use it in Rylde's Cabinet, lol.
Oinyo is good stuff, but I'd say this is going to be a tight election, even without the monkeys.
I commend CPF CP TheSmoke for handling this situation which was a prickly one. I have seen parties in the past go with "none of the above" in these sorts of situations, I have also seen PP's abandon the process laid out by the party and select the candidate of their personal preference. I have also seen schisms develop in parties as they beat each other up over which candidate should get the nomination. TheSmoke managed to deal with this professionally and to the party's credit.
Congratulations to Oinyo on a job well done, good luck on Nov 5.
yay Blue Moose!
Congratulations Oinyo and nice work Smoke.
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MOOSE?
Shouldn't the largest party in eCan have its own damned Candidate...???
CPF doesn't stand for anything Quimbie. It is nothing more than an empty shell full of dead or dying citizens, so unengaged they simply joined the largest Party when they reached the appropriate level and now act as nothing more than "ballast".....I really wish the game would kick people out of Party's every 45 day, so they would actually have to consciously rejoin, and the numbers would represent true actives....
Considering we had the most people out of all parties turn out to simply vote me in as PP when there was no competition must mean every party here is dead...
Just because they clicked the election day banner, then on the only candidate doesn't mean they're "Active". It just means they're sheep.
It's the same reason the CPF gets the most votes on Congress election day. "Hey that's the icon of my party, I'll click that one."
The true mark of "Activity" is the number of people that take part in things that aren't handed to them on a silver platter.
24 of 99 members (it was probably more than 99 when you did the actual primary) is a pretty strong inidcator of your "Active members".
You are judging activity against what? Tell me how any other party is way more active in Canada than us.
There is some merit to the empty shell but it's not true. There is an effort underway to develop candidates for both CP and Speaker. As a party, we are disappointed in ourselves that we are not putting out more candidates for these key roles because the party does have a lot of talent capable of doing great work in these roles.
I expect more, just like you guys are saying here, and you will see more over the next six months.
The greatest myth of eCanadian politics is that the CPF is not active. But if that myth helps you sleep at night then more power to you.
24 voters in a party of 99 is pretty "inactive" by most people's standards.
Actually Muglack most did not vote because they didn't like any of the candidates to be honest.
Usually our primaries draw at least 2.5 times the current result.
I agree - I did not like the candidates and came quite close to not voting at all.
Needs MOAR TemujinBC. I didn't abstain or vote for either candidate.
In the interest of full disclosure, based on how close the race was and who ran the primary would you be willing to say who you voted for The Smoke?
Congrats to Oinyo on winning the CPF primary! o>
Extremely close vote! Thank you very much CPF for your faith in me and for voting me as your candidate 🙂
I will not let you down!
Close vote.
Pretty low voter turnout for the largest party in the country. Also wondering why u placed me as endorsed earlier today Smoke.
trolllll
I'm guessing it's because he voted for you, then when people saw what he did was talked out of it and he changed it to Oinyo.
That's why I asked if he was willing to declare his vote considering how close it was, and since he did the polling and wrote the article with the results.
I also proposed myself as our candidate, who is this mad man? Let's impeach this rogue PP right now!
No that was not what happened.
He placed a lot of people as candidates actually.
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Voted for transparency.
Ranked voting > First Past the Post, albeit more time consuming to count votes.
My question remains unanswered. Where are the homegrown CPF Candidates? The CPF supports the CW Candidate, or a rogue Yankee more often than someone from their own rank. Why?
Well, no one can commit time this month. We have candidates lined up for the next few months. We don't believe in running someone who can't fully commit and be there to do the job.
RL>eRep
OK, fair game. That doesn't really explain the lack of Candidates all those other months. There seems to be a real lack of ambition and commitment in the CPF. Just saying.
That will change Quimbie, we promise
I'll hold you to that Klop. The CPF lost it's heart and soul with the departures of Funky and Plugson.