The Exit Polls Are in From the Russian Election, and You’ll Never Guess Who Won
I’m not a big fan of the clickbait headline, but it’s a good gag in this case because the results were never in doubt.
Vladimir Putin will lead Russia for another six years, after securing an expected victory in the presidential election.
A Russian state exit poll gave him 73.9% of the vote, easily defeating his closest competitor.
The main opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, was barred from the race.
The scale of victory – which had been widely predicted – was a marked increase in his share of the vote from 2012, when he won 64%.
In all seriousness, let’s not call this an election. It’s a charade. The only meaning o the 74% number is how blatant Putin wants to make it.
A good point. Putin's much higher numbers would reflect the global decline in willingness to defend democracy, especially in USA. Why not go for 80%? 99%? Authoritarians are admired, not shunned. https://t.co/oYhvVP8IuD
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) March 18, 2018
I’m looking forward to Trump issuing his congratulations. My guess is that he’ll use the chance to call the “election” a sham and issue his harshest condemnation yet of the recent assassination attempt on British soil. LOL. Make sure to tip your waitresses, try the veal, I’m here all week.
[Cross-posted at RedState.]
The Harvard Finance Department, WTO, and Trade Federation continue to be denied their rightful monopoly position within Russia’s resource markets since the glory days of Yeltsin. Our thoughts go out to these destitute organizations in this difficult time.
Dysphoria Sam (a3c41a) — 3/18/2018 @ 2:20 pmRussia will need able leadership at the helm to contend with an increasingly hostile United States that’s also creating massive upheaval in the oil and gas markets Russia’s grown to take for granted
happyfeet (28a91b) — 3/18/2018 @ 2:27 pmplus the incompetent tatted-up failmerican military has added several fierce tranny regiments that threaten to shift the balance of power almost as drastically as they’ve shifted the balance of their own hormones
happyfeet (28a91b) — 3/18/2018 @ 2:30 pmYeah, if only we had an adult as president like, say, Bush:
Bush Congratulates Putin, Spanish Socialists on Election Victories – 2004-03-15
random viking (6a54c2) — 3/18/2018 @ 3:27 pmhttps://www.voanews.com/amp/260928.html
73.9%! Sound the Trump-ets; Putin got more of the popular vote than our Captain!
FWIW: Kasparov w/Cooper, CNN, 3/16/18:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF31Dtc1mjk
DCSCA (797bc0) — 3/18/2018 @ 3:30 pmBush looked into Putin’s eyes and “was able to get a sense of his soul.” He was certainly a president worthy of my vote and support.
random viking (6a54c2) — 3/18/2018 @ 3:32 pmI’m looking forward to Trump issuing his congratulations.
Bank on it. He does.
DCSCA (797bc0) — 3/18/2018 @ 3:35 pmBush lol
happyfeet (28a91b) — 3/18/2018 @ 3:53 pmMake that “Exit polls lol”. Yes, Russians are going to say how they voted to someone who buttonholed them as they were leaving the polling place.
nk (dbc370) — 3/18/2018 @ 4:00 pmBush should have withheld from the Spain one since it happened four days after the Madrid bombings and heralded Spain’s withdrawal from the Iraq coaltion.
urbanleftbehind (ddcc04) — 3/18/2018 @ 4:04 pmLet’s get serious. I’ll believe Grassley. He says the top priority is to confirm the judges. And I agree. They’ll be there for life. Not for six months or a year or until Trump has a bellyache from a bad Big Mac.
nk (dbc370) — 3/18/2018 @ 4:05 pmSorry, wrong thread. Again.
nk (dbc370) — 3/18/2018 @ 4:05 pmGrassley has a point there but Mitch needs to approach *all* the confirmations with the alacrity he approached the one for his corrupt pig wife
that’s just the right thing to do
happyfeet (28a91b) — 3/18/2018 @ 4:09 pmoops wrong thread
happyfeet (28a91b) — 3/18/2018 @ 4:10 pmVlad sees shad; six more years of winter.
DCSCA (797bc0) — 3/18/2018 @ 4:41 pmStill just the president of Russia. It’s like being the top eskimo. Head musher of Canada
Russia is Canada with osteoperosis. [jpg]
At the end of the day.
When Putin was asked for comment on his elecion victory he said,
papertiger (c8116c) — 3/18/2018 @ 6:32 pm“[Toosiefruits]! It’s cold. Let’s get inside out of the weather.”
How in heck could the obamacrats let this happen? Never mind.. You know Horseface Kerry was the one who held up the Sergio act.
mg (9e54f8) — 3/19/2018 @ 9:50 am