Hundreds of thousands of additional voters made their way to the polls today to cast their votes. There have been an unprecedented number of voter registrations this cycle, with a 14% increase in voters on the rolls. There were 250,000 same-day registrations on Thursday alone.
Progressive Socialists seem to have reached a majority of current votes cast, while the Conservative Party and the Doatian Nationalists are reportedly receiving fewer votes than expected.
At a late-night emergency caucus meeting Thursday night, the Conservative Party agreed to a plan to boost voter turnout for their party on the final day of voting, Friday 9/27.
Conservatives will be going door-to-door, posting on social media, and speaking on podcast and radio shows in a last-minute attempt to salvage what’s been a disastrous cycle for them.
As bad as the results thus far have been for Conservatives, the current majority party, the Enviromental Justice Party, has been undeniably slaughtered over the last few days of voting. The EJP has received a little under 3% of that votes cast so far this cycle, seemingly weighed down by the Recardo Administrations recent missteps.
Jax Bertoni, Chair of the Progressive Socialists, has been adamant that a coalition government with any of the current larger parties (People’s Liberation Party, Enviromental Justice Party, Conservative Party, and Doatian Nationalists) is off the table. Saying in part “the [Progressive Socialists] party will not entertain any coalition government, whether we obtain a majority in the Chamber or not, with any of the current parties in the Chamber.”
Several smaller parties that are competitive on a national scale for the first time, largely due to redistricting and a ban on gerrymandering, are doing unexpectedly well. The Mushiki Justice Party, the Righteous Coalition, and the Gungi Collective are all doing better than originally expected.
Official results will be counted, certified, and tabulated tomorrow when voting concludes.
Doatian Journal Political Correspondent George Mustafa
