[Pfeiffer] Congressional Results Analysis

Day 2,260, 07:27 • Published in USA USA • by Pfeiffer.


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Congressional Elections

Great job USWP.

We had excellent turnout this month. I didn't get out as many spammings as I would've liked (only doing our lower level people at the last minute due to RL), but with our strong and recognizable candidates we picked up some undecided voters. More than one person told me on IRC or elsewhere that our slate of candidates is the reason they voted for us, despite being in another party, or no party at all.

With that, some numbers.

Members Elected

The Feds lead this pack with 17 Congressmen.
USWP once again punches above our weight with 13 Congressmen.
AMP with a clear third place at 10 Congressmen.
WTP comes in fourth with 9 Congressmen.
And the still-new LAP comes in with 8 Congressmen.

Now, as we'll see in a moment, turnout numbers are interesting, but the groupings of members is interesting. Overall lower turnout for our number of seats means that even #5 LAP is able to send a sizable delegation to Congress. Straight party voting very clearly still favoring smaller parties.



Turnout numbers

Now, some graphs. These are in order of turnout per party and demonstrate that despite the results, our 'enthusiasm index' stays fairly constant.

Disclaimer: Yes, I understand that these aren't pure turnout numbers, as we have players in 6th parties (or no party) who vote, I will discuss that more below.

USWP with nearly 79% turnout


AMP with interestingly exactly 2/3 turnout...66.66666666666666666666%


We The People bringing in just over 62%


The Feds sit atop the membership chart, but bring in just under 62% to the polls.


Fledgling LAP is still finding their place in our political spectrum, bringing in not quite 57%.




Personal Thoughts

I was honestly surprised to see AMP #2 in overall voter to membership percentage. I knew USWP would be first, as we have had strong relations with some of the larger RL foreign groups in the USA, but I honestly expected the Feds to do a little better.

LAP shows that they're still trying to find their footing, and even went so far as to put party-jumping Oblige in at their #3 spot, virtually guaranteeing his return to Congress. Usually people moving parties have to wait a month or two before their new party gives them prime real estate, but with a shallow bench this could be a move to try and convince him to use his newspaper and/or personal relationships as recruitment tools for the party. I know I'll be interested to see how that goes.

While I believe it's clear that USWP has the strongest member base to draw on for candidates, I was surprised that the Fed delegation is so (relatively) young and/or inexperienced politically. I'm not saying this is bad, it just makes me wonder if this is because their older players are making a point of letting newer blood in, or if their older players are starting to become disinterested in significant numbers. Only time will tell.

AMP and WTP both performed admirably, and their delegations look fairly solid this month, in my opinion.

On a personal note, it's nice to see so many Ultramarines knocking around Congress. 😉

image recap:


Taylor looked fabulous last night at the GRAMMYs.


Me when I saw the Congressional results.


Just because.

As always, if needed, I remain

Yours,


~Pfeiffer