Pacific Senate: Anybody?
Portland, OR
If there's one thing that this weekends polling brought to the light of day, it was the lack of candidates in the Pacific. The polling results, gleaned from a mere 4 votes, were that the Region would like to vote liberal and some residents didn't like the generic nature of the poll. Who can blame them? We certainly don't like fielding generic polls.
The Pacific is comparatively small these days, with only 17 citizens, many of whom hold other offices, thus making them unavailable to run for the seat. The only vaguely plausible candidate who so far has not declined or likely to decline is Jesus. He has already been contacted in this matter, and is said to be hesitant, maybe because for once he actually has a strong chance to win.
Other names posited include Wildcard, WMS, Mr Hobbes, jfern and Aksaber, but all are either inactive or have declined. The only other option if Jesus declines will be for somebody to carpet-bag to the Pacific, or for Hughento to run on the ballot as he has already offerred, despite his apparent apathy with the game.
Other polling done for the Observer indicates that a generic liberal candidate could do well in the Mideast against incumbent MasterJedi. A posited candidate is likely to declare his candidacy before the end of the week.
The Northeast looks set for a close race this February, with Colin Wixted and Flyers2006 in a statistical tie on 4 votes. Whether Flyers intends to use his NARAL Pro-choice organisation to advance his campaign is as yet unclear.
Amidst allegations of foul play concerning the Southeast polls, Q appears to be holding a strong lead over incumbent Jake, though the notable move of Don away from supporting Q may have longer term implications for his candidacy.
Despite being the only candidate actually doing any campaigning, Ernest continues to trail in the Midwest Senate race. This is likely due to a strong PM campaign undertaken on Everett's behalf by the Christian Democratic Party.
Regional Senate elections begin on 17 February, and the last date for candidacy declarations for ballot access will be 9 February.
If there's one thing that this weekends polling brought to the light of day, it was the lack of candidates in the Pacific. The polling results, gleaned from a mere 4 votes, were that the Region would like to vote liberal and some residents didn't like the generic nature of the poll. Who can blame them? We certainly don't like fielding generic polls.
The Pacific is comparatively small these days, with only 17 citizens, many of whom hold other offices, thus making them unavailable to run for the seat. The only vaguely plausible candidate who so far has not declined or likely to decline is Jesus. He has already been contacted in this matter, and is said to be hesitant, maybe because for once he actually has a strong chance to win.
Other names posited include Wildcard, WMS, Mr Hobbes, jfern and Aksaber, but all are either inactive or have declined. The only other option if Jesus declines will be for somebody to carpet-bag to the Pacific, or for Hughento to run on the ballot as he has already offerred, despite his apparent apathy with the game.
Other polling done for the Observer indicates that a generic liberal candidate could do well in the Mideast against incumbent MasterJedi. A posited candidate is likely to declare his candidacy before the end of the week.
The Northeast looks set for a close race this February, with Colin Wixted and Flyers2006 in a statistical tie on 4 votes. Whether Flyers intends to use his NARAL Pro-choice organisation to advance his campaign is as yet unclear.
Amidst allegations of foul play concerning the Southeast polls, Q appears to be holding a strong lead over incumbent Jake, though the notable move of Don away from supporting Q may have longer term implications for his candidacy.
Despite being the only candidate actually doing any campaigning, Ernest continues to trail in the Midwest Senate race. This is likely due to a strong PM campaign undertaken on Everett's behalf by the Christian Democratic Party.
Regional Senate elections begin on 17 February, and the last date for candidacy declarations for ballot access will be 9 February.
posted by Peter at 8:16 am
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