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Berger leads conservative VVP to victory in 5703 general elections: Reawakening Three Republics
April 5703



As predicted by both Hiatus Magazine as well as experts from Bannerhafen Nachrichten and independent market researches; designated presidential candidate from the conservative VVP Heinrich ‘Bigman’ Berger has managed to earn the confidence of a majority of the Triad in a run-off race against his GRP opponent and former vice-president Theodora Hellne.



Regarding the presidential race, Berger ran on a classic VVP campaign, money for investment, enabling international business opportunities and extreme liberalism in domestic policy: Scrap anything that is to scrap from GRP involvement in the last administration and get the Triad back on the money-track. The message of this campaign is fittingly summarized by the slogan of Berger “Yeah Baby.” Berger performed especially well in the original two republics, loosing some ground to other candidates in Himmelshtern which after the loss of Territory is now overrepresented in the Senatorial race. Third Party candidates have not seen success in the first round, as it was clear from the beginning that either orange or yellow are going to dominate the very personality based race. Voter flow analysis shows that Hellne's base has been diminished by her steadfast support of the former Presidents so-called "Heiss Doctrine" of incrementally progressing by combining VVP and GRP thought.
A factor that has weighed heavily in favor of Bigman Berger was a clear corporate support both in the form of money and activism.



The results of the Senate election are less clear as the new MTP has managed to reach the threshold to enter the chambers and the smaller parties have maintained a mediocre performance across the board. While the VVP leads with a stable 31% relative majority, it will need more than one party if it intends to govern without the GRP which considering Berger’s announcements seems likely. VVP officials have openly promoted the idea of forming a broad right-wing coalition with both Thallerists parties or maintaining the alliance with the UTP-FTL and adding the Liberal Republican Party as a third partner. Allying both the UTP-FTL and the UTP-FLT seems increasingly unlikely as Warner and Werner von Thaller have publicly deepened their rivalry by using smear-campaigns on each other which has obviously led to smaller parties like the National Union, Monarchist Tradition Party profiting from their quarrel. The Liberal Republicans have performed within expected interval with small overperformance among women and Yeudi's due to their stance on a reinvigorated abortion debate starting during TV confrontations between Bigman and Hellne.