“micros” son los autobuses en chile (particularmente en santiago, muchas personas dependen de los micros). y en la jornada de las elecciones había una gran falta de autobuses probablemente sabotaje) Ejemplo 1 2 3 4 5 6

Hexbear learns the word “amarillo” lmao

Yes! Thank you for your service @elgonzalors :fidel-salute: couldn’t have done it without you (seriously) :meow-hug:

General public but this poll exactly shows the rhetoric of the “evil communist-dictator in the making” Jadue that took over in the last days before the primary vote. really shocking

Good question of course but i dont think the “electability” factor was decisive (especially considering how massive and immediate the upset was) since 1. terminally polsci-brained political “triangulation” to find the most “electable” candidate is not nearly as big as it is in the US (and its not in the national discussion maybe only a few select very involved circles) 2. Every poll that came out before people voted showed jadue being 2x or 3x bigger than Boric (so everything suggested Jadue was the more electable candidate). 3. In a big poll people were asked to put why he lost in one word and this was the result.

True, but i think (in the debates at least) Boric handled it reasonably well (considering his position, where he cant alienate centrist voters), didnt “evade” the question and wasnt constantly on the defensive about it but clearly stated his position but brought it back to Chile (‘he condemns human rights Violations everywhere including Chile’). But i think we saw a absolute prime example of what happens to a candidate when he “crosses the line” with Jadue (even in a primary of only leftists). I dont want to see Borics campaign sink in the same fashion as well

“Chilezuela” was basically the campaign motto of the Pinera campaign in 2017 (literally the word itself as well as the whole narrative behind it completely drove that campaign) and it brought the greatest victory of the right-wing ever, since the return of democracy. I dont know how exactly to put this, but people really, really dont want (fear?) to be anything like Venezuela

We laugh now today about “Chilezuela” but the truth (sadly) is, it worked (very, very well in fact)

Come on do you seriously believe the outcome of the Nicaraguan election was not already predetermined? Just the sheer amount of possible candidates that were arrested/detained, like come on. You can still think ortega is still “the best” choice out of the candidates and massively preferable to the US ravaging nicaragua (which i do, even though theres a lot i dont like about modern day ortega)

Eeeeeexactly. Kast is the candidate of “Freedom”. But there is of course also a liberal/leftist media which doesnt do that but that is the minority and the right-wing/far-right still sets the narrative and conversation all around. For example after the Nicaraguan election(which were not really democratic) a declaration from some communists came out supporting ortega basically and that was then a major point in the debates and media up until the election. Also Polls (which were pretty accurate we have to admit now) found that people on average rate Boric almost as far-left as Artes (who is a literal revolutionary communist/maoist who openly supports North Korea and got 1,5%)