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November 5677 Election paints electoral map blue
November 5677



After the shocking revelations of the Clenonberg gate and the subsequent chaos insuing in the reform coalition and within the offices of the conservative VVP, the people of the Triad have been called the to the ballot a year early. The polling numbers shortly before the election have shown drastic losses for the previously incumbent VVP which have realized in a dramatic way. The sudden resignation of the popular reformist Robert Kooi-Oppensteiner and the designation of the rather uncharismatic and policy-moderate Helmut Frank have doomed the VVP for this election cycle.



In the presidential race, Frank barely managed to enter the Run-off against the DRP candidate Schuhbeck, the former artist has dominated the second-round and won by a difference of twelve percentage points, leading to the first DRP presidency since the Lackmann coup. Interestingly, they social democratic GRP did not manage to profit from the slight left-wing shift in the Triad due to the DRP softening their centrist stance on economic issues, both Schuhbeck and the Senatorial DRP group ran on welfare reforms as well as increased corporate taxation.



On the Senatorial side the results aren’t much different but even worse for the VVP. The formerly predominant conservative party has finished last with 18% followed by the 21% strong TKP in third place, the GRP in second and a landslide victory for the centrists with 34% of the vote going to them. The Clenonberggate and the involvement of the VVP in the conspiracy surrounding the disappearance of the former president have pushed all factions and most of its electorate away from the traditional powerhouse of the Triad and have evened the playing field for most of the other parties. Additionally the DRP’s chances for success were increased due to the Yeudi Citizen Party deciding to retire to state level politics in Himmelshtern, endorsing the DRP as the leading force for “yeudi matters.” It seems that the VVP has lost the trust of the other factions with even the Thallerists declining to work with them should the opportunity for a coalition arise. From the victor’s perspective, Schuhbeck and her deputies in the Senate have all the possibilities, every faction offered their hand in coalitionary marriage and signaled their readiness for a joint program for the coming term. Many seem to think that the most likely choice for a partnership would be with the GRP, which has seemed unsympathetic to a administration with the DRP but already announced that their participation “would not come cheap.” In any case, for now the transparency advocates and liberals of the nation rejoice at the possibility of change.