Austrian Elections & Politics 2.0 (Presidential runoff re-vote: 4 Dec. 2016)

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So what exactly happened? Why did Hofer lose so badly?

My guesses are:

• Pushback against/fear of complacency after Brexit and Trump.
• Relegitimization of the previous run.

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I guess many people in the rural areas, ESPECIALLY in the tourism-dominated western states, also re-considered for VdB because of what a Hofer-win would mean to tourism: It could have created a bad image abroad and tourists would have stayed away.

Did Austria's tourism sector get any noticeable hit after the FPÖ entered government in 2000?

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I guess many people in the rural areas, ESPECIALLY in the tourism-dominated western states, also re-considered for VdB because of what a Hofer-win would mean to tourism: It could have created a bad image abroad and tourists would have stayed away.

Did Austria's tourism sector get any noticeable hit after the FPÖ entered government in 2000?

not a fair comparison cause of the EU sanctions.

I'm still genuinely curious to know.