Bolivia elections - 2019-2020 - Arce Victory

[jaichind]

If Evo does not get to 50% of the vote I assume Congress decides ?

[jaichind]

I recall back in the 2016 Referendum the the later part of the count got more Evo friendly so it is not a surprise that the Evo lead gets larger toward the end of the count.

[jaichind]

If he had just accepted a second round he had a real shot at winning.  Instead he is now all washed up.

[jaichind]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-wHQpnSLe8&list=FLBZqnIPPjMvxL1cq6anDjYw&index=2&t=737s

I saw "Our brand is Crisis" which was about the 2002 election when it came out in 2005.  Mesa shows up several times in the film.

[jaichind]

On Saturday night, Bolivia's electoral board announced it would not release preliminary results that were expected on Sunday evening. It is unclear when the first official results will be available.

[jaichind]

Would not the scale of Arce's victory plant the seeds of future conflict?  Morales would now want to come back and become de facto president.  But Arce will read is mandate which would be greater than the 2019 Morales vote as his own personal mandate and push back against Morales. 

[jaichind]

All these Center-Right candidates dropping out to concentrate the anti-MAS vote only to have MAS win a majority proves the old Nixon adage: "if you hear about a Stop X movement, put your money on X"

[jaichind]

The  Bolivian boliviano fell almost 5% from right before the exit poll came out and now.

[jaichind]

https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/status/1197793248225267712

An honest indictment of all American interventions, which should be obvious and non-controversial

As much I oppose MAS and Morales I agree with Tulsi's assessment.