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The 5th of every month in eRepublik is presidential election day. One of the most heavily favored days in eRep due to it's excitement, election day is a time for some citizens to step up to the plate and give it their shot at leading a country. America itself saw one of the most interesting election days in it's history, with the winner, Julian Mizu, winning with an all-time-American-low 31.17% of the vote. To put that into retrospect, CRoy in December 2010 lost with a 40% margin, and the winner Josh Frost had about a 50% margin. In October 2010, Colin Lantrip was victorious with over 51%, while second place Claire Littleton lost with just under 35%.

This was one of the most interesting elections that the eUSA has seen in recent history. Competition was top gun. There was no obvious choice. My wish is that more months could shape up like this one: No clear winner chosen before election day, and an actual competition with gruesome campaigning. So far, there are already two confirmed candidates for the March runnings, so my wishes may just come true. Let's hope.

Although the American elections were exciting, I noticed a few trends outside of America on election day as well, including the amount of former Americans running for office in other countries of the eWorld.



Logan Dunleavy in Singapore
Former United Independents Party member Logan Dunleavy ran for president for the second straight month in Singapore. Although Logan was not successful in winning CP of Singapore, the dedication and effort he put into his campaign was clear, and he received many more votes compared to his run in January. His opponent Parrington had two party endorsements, while Dunleavy notched one. Dunleavy also received 33% of the vote with his opponent topping 67%. Maybe next month, Logan.



Rheinlander von Phalz in Israel
Running uncontested, one of Israel's brightest mind and former eUSA player Rheinlander von Phalz was victorious in winning Country President of Israel. Faced with a following month of tough diplomacy with Egypt, UAE, and Saudi Arabia, I know that Rheinlander will do a great job as the top dog. He was endorsed by every single party in Israel, an accomplishment definitely worth bragging about. In the US, Rheinlander was a Speaker of the House, White House Press Secretary, Secretary of Media and multiple time congressman.



Bill Wilson and Jameson L. Tai in Republic of China (Taiwan)
Believe it or not, this was actually an international race that I was split on. I knew both Bill Wilson and Jameson L. Tai when they were in the USA, and both were and still are my friends. Bill I knew from the UIP, and Jameson usually went around on IRC and hung out with the rest of us. Jameson L. Tai some of you may remember for running the US Military Party and being one of the hardest campaigners during congressionals, while Bill was also a multiple time congressman and tough campaigner. This was overall a very solid race, with Bill Wilson pulling away with the lead, Jameson finishing in second. A very interesting race for Americans to follow. Don't worry Taiwan, this is probably not a PTO~



Alfred Ball in Japan
Ex-SEES member Alfred Ball finished in second place in the CP elections in Japan. Running under the Japanese Dioist Movement, a party that he is the president of, Alfred notched a decent 25% of the voter base during the CP elections. Some Austrians may know Alfred Ball as one of their former Country Presidents, while Americans know him as the troll who hung out around IRC and didn't really do much else. I still love him either way.



Collinar in Malaysia
Another former SEES member, Collinar has been traveling most of his eLife. He never quite settles down in one spot, yet nonetheless, I count him as a former citizen of the United States, and include him into the mix. Collinar is known for being a former Israeli Minister of Trade and a strong follower of Dio Brando and Dioism, and on election day, placed second with 34% of the Malaysian vote. He had the endorsement of the Malaysian Libertain Party.



And of course, in other countries around the world, here are some interesting results

Argentina: nicolas_vergara pulled off a relatively large victory, yet in his newspaper, there appears to be no platform or campaign article. Interesting. I'm going to assume that most campaigning was held in Private Messages, IRC, or forums.

Brozil: Ayato, endorsed by one of the largest parties in the entire eWorld, was successful by just over a 1% vote margin in PANAM country Brazil. Similar to the eUnited States Election, this was a nail biter all the way through, and there was no clear winner throughout.

Canada: My close friend KronosQ was victorious against a Canadian big shot, Nea Milosu. Kronos' victory was obvious by mid day, but I still found this to be a very interesting election.

Croatia: Frutek666 in a landslide, about 20 votes from 1000 from second place. Congrats to Frutek, who managed to pull it off without ever being elected into congress. Solid.

Netherlands: Running uncontested in a country I was the former ambassador to, Antiko is the winner. Hopefully he can make Netherlands not suck, but only time can tell.

Spain: Dealt with the difficult challenge of picking out enemies and allies over the next month, the pressure is on for Spainiard CP Ron Totonia. I wish him luck in not pissing off a lot of people, something that Spain has managed to do a lot recently.

United Kingdom. An election decided by less then 50 votes, Jhorlin won position of Prime Minister for the second time in his eLife.

Overall, it was a very interesting election day around the eWorld with many close races and friends looking to politically take over run their country. I look forward to the same thing next month, but until then, Adios everyone.