Egypt 2012 presidential election

[The Mikado]

Salafists have been flocking to Fotouh in order to block the Muslim Brotherhood and Morsi, apparently.  There's a lot of bad blood between the Salafists and the Brothers.  So Moussa for the secularists, Morsi for the Brotherhood, and Fotouh for Islamists that aren't in the Brotherhood.

Also, Fotouh's new ad is the best political ad of all time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1aMIZZUaGM

I have absolutely no idea what it's about, but it's the best political ad of all time.

[The Mikado]

Bold prediction: I *think* Fotouh should be able to win this on the strength of his second round coalition of voters. Though I understand first round polls are all close enough that there could be some major surprise in who goes trough to the run-off.

I think Belgian's right.  If it's Fotouh v. Morsi, all the anti-Islamic Brotherhood secular vote goes to Fotouh.  If it's Fotouh v. Moussa, all of the Islamic Brotherhood people reluctantly vote for the splittist Fotouh over the secular Moussa.

[The Mikado]

Morsi vs. Shafiq?

I...think I might have to support the Islamic Brotherhood.  I can't believe it. 

Mahmoud, you have my sympathy.  Those are terrible options.

[The Mikado]

Cairo and Giza aren't fully in yet, but still...


Mursi 4,406,782 (26.48 per cent)
Shafiq 4,115,840 (24.74 per cent)
Sabbahi 3,329,519 (20.01 per cent)
Abul-Fotouh 2,959,937 (17.79 per cent)
Moussa 1,778,244 (10.69 per cent)

Those numbers are pretty bad.

[The Mikado]

A Mubarakist vs. the Muslim Brotherhood? D'oh. Not unexpected. But d'oh.

Well, that's what happens when the pro-Revolution, anti-MB vote is split between 3 candidates.

Morsi's off to an easy win.

The pathetic voter turnout's probably a worse sign than the result, TBH.  I was hearing 46% turnout.

[The Mikado]

As depressing as this election is, Morsi won the first round fair and square.  At least Egypt's progressed forward from the "Mubarak wins 80% of the vote, again" days.

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As you can probably guess, that's me desperately looking for a silver lining.

[The Mikado]

They must really like Moussa out in the Sinai.

[The Mikado]

This thread is pretty quiet...

I heard that a Muslim Brotherhood campaign worker was shot dead, but that's all the news I've heard.

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[The Mikado]

Results to be certified this weekend, possibly sooner.  Rumors abound that SCAF will just declare Shafiq president.