Labor Party Standing Committee thread: Endorsement voting

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

Just out of curiosity, are you guys endorsing in regional elections?

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

You guys better defeat the primary system, we have IRV voting for a reason.

I will abolish IRV via Executive Order.

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Ah yes, a slogan that disparages a fellow left-wing party (which I am trying to get to endorse your candidates) would be a splendid idea.

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There weren't even any Liberal candidates for Senate. It was entirely the fault of this party and its awful GOTV (February went much better than this), since I was mentally indisposed for a while and my proxies seem to have been nonexistent.

Cross-endorsing Napoleon increasingly strikes me as the wisest course of action but if we do that then we need to build up greater Senatorial and regional presence to avoid being marginalized or becoming the Liberals' slightly more economically populist ginger kid brother.

It is not the fault of your party.  I actually believe my party takes some responsibility for this because we have so many inactive members.  Of course, I notice that there are many inactive members in both parties at this time, and this isn't really something the chairs have control over.

But in all honesty, I don't believe the mere fact that the left is divided has anything to do with our poor performance tonight.  The problem is that more people are turning away from the game than joining it, so turnout is being suppressed.

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I nominate Napoleon for Vice-Chair.

Napoleon is already Vice Chair of the Liberal Party.

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Me and Cincinattus were talking on the IRC recently and were vaguely considering running a quixotic independent campaign (in my case as a fun way to retire ) for the Presidency. I don't know whether we're going through with it, but in the event that I do I'd put myself forward for the Labor endorsement while remaining an independent candidate.

PS: While I'm no longer affiliated with any political party or hold any political office, it's obvious where my sympathies lie - depending on whether Cinci & I run or not Napoleon will be getting either my first or second preference, and I'd strongly favour electing a left-wing President.

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A primary would also be very interesting.

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And so the Left divides again.

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It seems as though belgiansocialist has left this Labor Party for a different type of Labor Party.  May I request a party endorsement?

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I also applied for an endorsement, but I think they're only voting on presidential candidates.

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Too late to apply for endorsement?

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Too late to apply for endorsement?

What are you running for?

We are both running for Northeast Senator.

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Thank you, Alfred.

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Did Snowy ever technically return to being Vice-Chair (or leave, for that matter)?

I don't think anybody's sure, although we do not have any Vice-Chair who isn't Snowy...

We have got to be the most internally dysfunctional party right now. We didn't even manage to run anyone for the Pacific governorship.

Nor the Whigs.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

Did Snowy ever technically return to being Vice-Chair (or leave, for that matter)?

I don't think anybody's sure, although we do not have any Vice-Chair who isn't Snowy...

We have got to be the most internally dysfunctional party right now. We didn't even manage to run anyone for the Pacific governorship.

Nor the Whigs.

Was NVT's run orchestrated by you guys or did he just decide to do it? If the latter, then no one did.

I only PMed one person to ask them to run for it (Oakvale)- and he's not even a registered Liberal anymore.  I'm not sure if someone else asked him to, though.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

Did Snowy ever technically return to being Vice-Chair (or leave, for that matter)?

I don't think anybody's sure, although we do not have any Vice-Chair who isn't Snowy...

We have got to be the most internally dysfunctional party right now. We didn't even manage to run anyone for the Pacific governorship.

Nor the Whigs.

Was NVT's run orchestrated by you guys or did he just decide to do it? If the latter, then no one did.

I only PMed one person to ask them to run for it (Oakvale)- and he's not even a registered Liberal anymore.  I'm not sure if someone else asked him to, though.

Then may I have the honor of anointing the recent Pacific Gubernatorial Special Election the Alfred F. Jones Award for Lame Electioning?

Yeah.   And now that I think of it, neither party recruited a candidate for Lieutenant Governor, either.

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That really rustles my Dibbles.

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Seeing as how the Oakvale/Cincinnatus ticket is slightly closer to the center than Napoleon/Kalwejt, implying that Napoleon voters are 'moderate heroes' doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

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Now, now, boys, let's not fight. We can tear each other apart after we're done with Clarence and Yelnoc.

I wasn't trying to fight, necessarily... just give an observation.

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So...how should I start my political career?

One thing you might want to consider is recruiting non-players to join and register in the Pacific Region.  I'm not even sure if the Pacific Legislature is filled due to the inactivity. :/

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So...how should I start my political career?

One thing you might want to consider is recruiting non-players to join and register in the Pacific Region.  I'm not even sure if the Pacific Legislature is filled due to the inactivity. :/

Isn't the Pacific Legislature universal?

Oh yeah, I keep forgetting that.  It's still practically vacant in a sense, though.

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The Pacific already has a Governor and a Lt. Governor, but it still needs someone to really spark activity there.  PMing non-players to promote the region would be a great way to start off.

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May I sign on, too?   I find this whole thing incredibly ridiculous, as well.

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Good thing I voted for endorsing Labor candidates...

(Because, of course, we can't have both parties anticipating bitter rivalries since one does not view the other as ideologically pure as they are.)

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

I would like to request the Labor Party's endorsement for the Northeast gubernatorial race, please.*

*assuming I stay in

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May I speak a few words in my request for an endorsement?