Feb. 5, 2010 Election Day Results (And a Thank You)

Day 809, 11:50 • Published in USA USA • by Astra Kat G

Astra Kat G: A Redhead for ePOTUS, A Redhead for The World.



***Feb. 5 Election Day Final Results***

1. Josh Frost - 2133 votes - 66.72%
2. PigInZen - 759 votes - 23.74%
3. Astra Kat G - 121 votes - 3.78%
4. camh4 - 94 votes - 2.94%
5. Joe Newton - 90 votes - 2.82%

Total Votes: 3197



In a minor turn of events, candidate Astra Kat G reached 121 votes in her "just for kicks" run for President of the eUnited States (ePOTUS). America's favorite redhead was quoted as saying, "That's p cool!"


Thanks, 121 people!

Despite having my Goals disappear for some mysterious reason, and little to no real campaigning done, I managed to get over 120 votes. I know that might not seem like a lot for a Country President race, but I'm happy with it. After all, it's third place. Thanks to Joe Newton and camh4 for providing stiff competition. And thanks to Cloyd Wallis, my unofficial campaign manager, for that shoutout on Wallis Media. Thanks to the very capable and ePOTUS-worthy himself Rheinlander von Phalz for agreeing to be my Vice President; I'd need all the help I could get if I actually got elected, hah.

Unrelated note, putting it here since it won't let me edit an earlier article: Here's an article from early on (Day 790) that had me as a possible POTUS. It's always nice to see.

And here's a little look at the future. Maybe not POTUS, but Empress Astra?

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So, you may've been watching the election in eBelgium, a hotly contested one this past Election Day and one with great significance for both EDEN and Phoenix due to its strategic location in Europe.



President Olv007, first elected to office following Grinch's impeachment, secured re-election on Feb. 5th despite worthy competition from opponent shadowukcs.

Olv007 ended up with 634 votes (52.10😵 vs. shadowukcs's 529 votes (43.47😵. USA was probably pushing the EDEN candidate shadowukcs, but I'm happy with the result, mostly because Olv007 isn't an obvious PTO and my eBelgian friend is happy. They seem to be promoting a neutral eBelgium, in any case, which is not a threat to EDEN.

That's just my opinion; this is still a volatile region and definitely one to watch. Here's the newly re-elected President's first statement.

Another important one you might not have been watching (I sure wasn't) was the election in eChina. I guess I just sort of assumed that after everything we'd been through together, eChina would elect a pro-EDEN candidate, but they went with this other guy instead. At least that explains why I'd been seeing "Samurai" all over the comments section of the eChinese newspapers I read!

For coverage of the eChinese election and other international elections, check out Myles Robinson's paper "News, Inc." here.

Here are some stats for the Top 10 most populous countries in eRepublik this past Election Day.

I realize recent conquests have affected these totals, somewhat, but it's just food for thought.

Rank___Country_____Total Pop.__Voting Pop.__Voting Percentage
1_______Poland______64982______10916____ ____16.80%
2_______Serbia______31572_______5896____ _____18.67%
3_______Spain_______30418_______4385____ ____14.42%
4_______USA________24829_______3197_____ ___12.88%
5_______Hungary_____24023_______3955____ ____16.46%
6_______Russia______19180_______2083____ ____10.86%
7_______Romania____15599_______3276_____ ____21.00%
8_______Croatia______14308_______2774___ _____19.39%
9_______Brazil_______12507_______1063___ _____8.50%
10______Bulgaria_____12361_______1436___ _____11.62%

Obviously, things aren't looking good for eUS participation totals. If we have so few people not going to all the trouble of going to the Community "Elections" tab to click once, how few people do we really have going to the seven-clicking trouble of fighting for our eNation? Makes you think. Last Presidential Election Day, we had 4068 votes in this country. I guess it's bad news when you get to a Presidential Election and the Top 10 country with the closest voting percentage to yours is Bulgaria.

And of course Hungary, which is about the same size as USA, has a much higher number of active voters -- even if you added every single vote cast for shadowukcs (though unlikely that USA alone sent over 500 votes), you can't match Hungary (who, face it, probably sent some votes to Belgium, too). Need I even shudder at the total for Serbia? Best keep Spain on our side.

Sorry to be all doom and gloom, but I have yet another concern with the behemoth that is Poland. Even with experienced Polish emigrants coming here and applying for USA citizenship (I work in Immigration so I see this sort of thing) due to poor living conditions in Poland, Poland's still got an active population of over 10,000. Polish candidates smrtan and Andrew6w6 alone got more votes than the entire voting population of the eUS (4837 and 4328 votes, respectively). That's insane. Poland may be more or less on EDEN's side for right now, but given past actions, I'd keep a close eye on them if I were you.

All we can really do is continue our efforts to increase player retention and newbie education in this country.


Please stay, newbies. eRep can be fun, I promise!

To that end, here's a list of important links:

1. A Newbie Guide with pictures to break up the tl;dr-ness.
2. Join the Military Today! with sign-up links for every major branch.
3. eUS Official Forums. Come join the official eUS community!
4. eUS IRC Room. Ditto about community.
5. Step-By-Step Fighting Guide includes a link to the official Department of Defense citizen orders.
6. Useful Government Programs. Some more information on various efforts to help citizens, whether they're new to the game or not.




Leaving you with a little song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LFPUKxx-Vo

Thank you for your support, America,
~Katherine "Astra" Gallagher

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