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Teddy (IDS Legislator)
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« on: November 21, 2011, 09:46:43 AM »

Given that your party has now lost two nationwide elections, should the RPP and all right-wingers in Atlasia just close up shop and quit the game?

Answers will only be accepted from RPP members. If further non-RPP members comment before RPP members do, I will delete the thread again and start over again. Thanks.
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« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2011, 09:48:33 AM »

No that would be dumb.
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« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2011, 09:52:52 AM »

Even though this thread will probably be deleted since some people don't follow instructions...

If the right actually could form a united front and work a little harder, we can still win. We've came extremely close for the last few elections, so it wouldn't take much more to actually win. So I would say no at this point.
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« Reply #3 on: November 21, 2011, 09:53:32 AM »

Even though this thread will probably be deleted since some people don't follow instructions...

If the right actually could form a united front and work a little harder, we can still win. We've came extremely close for the last few elections, so it wouldn't take much more to actually win. So I would say no at this point.
You are one such person that has won, in the past. Do you think the future holds change?
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« Reply #4 on: November 21, 2011, 09:59:32 AM »

Even though this thread will probably be deleted since some people don't follow instructions...

If the right actually could form a united front and work a little harder, we can still win. We've came extremely close for the last few elections, so it wouldn't take much more to actually win. So I would say no at this point.
You are one such person that has won, in the past. Do you think the future holds change?
The right can certainly win elections. There needs to be some sort of problem in the left, whether it be a fracture or a weak candidate. Additionally, the right needs to run someone who is well-liked and runs an active campaign. On top of that, the right has to turn out well, of course.

Probably the biggest disappointment for me is, this game has practically turned into a competition to see who can turn out and manage voters the best. Job performance and how active of a campaign they run doesn't matter as much as it should.
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« Reply #5 on: November 21, 2011, 10:13:20 AM »

Do you think the RPP has failed at GOTV?
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« Reply #6 on: November 21, 2011, 10:16:10 AM »

Do you think the RPP has failed at GOTV?
Eh, I don't think we've necessarily failed, and if I recall, didn't we have better turnout than the JCP this last election? I think what we're failing at is bringing new members into the fold. At one point, not too long ago, we had a registration edge over the JCP. Our lack of recruitment has kept us from winning the last two elections, at least. Should we start recruiting heavy again, we can certainly win again.
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« Reply #7 on: November 21, 2011, 10:29:26 AM »

Any other RPPers want to tackle some of these?
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« Reply #8 on: November 21, 2011, 10:44:42 AM »

No, we should not give up.

Actually, some of the last elections (Kalwejt vs. Junkie, Snowguy vs. Duke, Nathan vs. Cincinnatus vs. Yelnoc) have been extremely encouraging despite the fact that we lost them. These elections have shown that it is possible for our party to be competitive even though we have a left-wing majority in Atlasia. Sooner or later we'll be on the lucky side and win one of these narrow races if we continue to turn out voters as successfully as in the last elections and, as Tmth pointed out, manage to get new party members.

Thus, with the right candidate (not too extreme, well-liked and competent) the RPP is in good shape in an election with just one open seat.
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« Reply #9 on: November 21, 2011, 10:45:20 AM »

You say the right Candidate, but the last two were Duke and Bill; do you think there are any stronger candidates?
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« Reply #10 on: November 21, 2011, 10:50:10 AM »

You say the right Candidate, but the last two were Duke and Bill; do you think there are any stronger candidates?

Hardly. But even though Duke and Cincinnatus lost, I'm convinced that such types of candidates are most likely to win future races if we're a bit luckier and work a bit harder (if that's possible!). Wink

In fact, the weak showing of Cincinnatus on the first day of the election made me rather pessimistic and I assumed that it didn't make any difference whether we'd run a moderate or a conservative candidate because we'd lose anyway. However, Cincinnatus' strong showing on the 2nd and 3rd election day made clear to me that we do indeed have a chance with a moderate candidate.
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« Reply #11 on: November 21, 2011, 10:52:44 AM »
« Edited: November 21, 2011, 10:54:22 AM by Teddy (SoFE) »

What do you think happened in the end?
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« Reply #12 on: November 21, 2011, 10:57:53 AM »


That's a good question. I guess we just had more of our voters turn out much later than they usually do, which made me (and probably other people in the party) a bit nervous. Unfortunately, the left also turned out their voters effectively towards the end.
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« Reply #13 on: November 21, 2011, 10:58:46 AM »

Would you yourself consider running at some point?
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« Reply #14 on: November 21, 2011, 11:06:26 AM »

Would you yourself consider running at some point?

Probaby not in an at-large election unless I suddenly became a masochist or no one else in the RPP wanted to run, which I doubt would ever be the case. I guess I'm too far on the right on some issues even for a sizable chunk of RPPers (let's not even mention centrist or left-leaning independents), so I'd most certainly be a weak candidate. Nono, we have better guys for at-large elections. Wink
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« Reply #15 on: November 21, 2011, 11:07:18 AM »

Thanks, I'm again going to try to get someone else from the RPP in
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« Reply #16 on: November 21, 2011, 11:08:45 AM »

I think we should also remember that the races which have been discussed were each for a single office. The results might be more complicated when there are six or more candidates running for five seats.
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« Reply #17 on: November 21, 2011, 11:10:42 AM »

Do you think the RPP could win a full at-large election?
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« Reply #18 on: November 21, 2011, 11:18:43 AM »

I'm not quite sure I know what you mean. Do I think that the RPP could win an At-Large seat, or do I think the RPP could win a majority of At-Large seats? To the first part, I think the answer is clearly yes. To the second part... I think the answer is still yes, though all our stars would have to align, and even then it would be a challenge. 
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« Reply #19 on: November 21, 2011, 11:22:56 AM »

Why do you think the RPP has been unable to overtake the JCP in the long term?
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« Reply #20 on: November 21, 2011, 11:33:30 AM »

The JCP has an inherent advantage due to the fact that it has more members, what with this being a left-leaning forum. In order to overcome this advantage, we must turn out our members in stronger numbers than they do, which we did this time, but we must also win a lot of independents. So, I guess you could say we have the odds stacked against us from the get-go, but hey, at least we have it better than you third parties Wink.
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« Reply #21 on: November 21, 2011, 11:41:22 AM »

Do you think anyone will ever be able to overtake the JCP in terms of members?
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« Reply #22 on: November 21, 2011, 11:49:02 AM »

If I recall correctly, the RPP overtook the JCP during the height of the UDL, so, except in the event of a similar situation occuring again (which is highly unlikely), I don't see any party overtaking the JCP in terms of membership for any meaningful amount of time in the foreseable future.
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« Reply #23 on: November 21, 2011, 11:50:42 AM »

Thanks.

I'm always open if anyone else from the RPP has comments on anything asked here, and I'll leave the thread open for a while for that. After that, we move on to the JCP!
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« Reply #24 on: November 21, 2011, 12:35:21 PM »

I'll answer some of these questions after lunch if anyone is interested.
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