Vote in the Austrian Federal Election (for real this time!!)

Started by Syt, September 17, 2024, 06:49:18 AM

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Who do you vote for in the Austrian Federal Election?

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Syt

September 17, 2024, 06:49:18 AM
Second try, forgot one candidate. :P

Whichever way you look at it, it's not a great choice to pick from - it's a mix of unaceptable, or corrupt, or ineffective candidates. Alternatively, you can throw away your vote and go with a small party that will (possibly) not make it into parliament.
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Sophie Scholl

#1
September 17, 2024, 06:58:56 AM
Beate Meinl-Reisinger in her short hair era was gorgeous! Alas, she has let it grow out, so instead I shall vote for the  KPÖ.
"Everything that brought you here -- all the things that made you a prisoner of past sins -- they are gone. Forever and for good. So let the past go... and live."

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Richard Hakluyt

#2
September 17, 2024, 07:00:06 AM
What an unsatisfactory bunch of candidates  :(

Voted for the young fellow with the tattoos in the hope that he isn't a fascist lunatic.

Sophie Scholl

#3
September 17, 2024, 07:06:18 AM
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on September 17, 2024, 07:00:06 AMWhat an unsatisfactory bunch of candidates  :(

Voted for the young fellow with the tattoos in the hope that he isn't a fascist lunatic.

He was my second choice after the *other* tattooed younger guy.  :lol:
"Everything that brought you here -- all the things that made you a prisoner of past sins -- they are gone. Forever and for good. So let the past go... and live."

"Somebody, after all, had to make a start. What we wrote and said is also believed by many others. They just don't dare express themselves as we did."

Syt

#4
September 17, 2024, 07:42:57 AM Last Edit: September 17, 2024, 07:46:07 AM by Syt
Not listed (because not running in all states of Austria): MFG (Menschen, Freiheit, Grundrechte - Humans, Freedom, Human Rights)



Summary: the flooding events should not be exploited for short term political gains or propaganda. There have always been floodings, nothing to do with climate change etc. "Climate progaganda on the backs of flood victims"

Weirdly, these people are rarely open to expand their "there has always been x" discussion points to include for example, "there have always been migrations", "there have always been wars", "there have always been epicdemics" etc. :P
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

Syt

#5
September 17, 2024, 07:53:50 AM
Also nice: "5 Good Years":



"Stability for Austria":




FPÖ posters have been less aggressive than usual. Instead of their rhymes against their targeted out-groups or the aggressive posters of the EU elections, they've been using cuddly slogans like "Your will be done" (deliberately using near-religious language) or "You are the bosses", "Your heart says yes" etc. I will say, though, that if Strache and Hofer were still in leading positions in the FPÖ, the party would probably lead by a mile in polls instead of being head to head with conservative ÖVP. The FPÖ candidate is, I believe, the least popular of the candidates from the big parties. And I guess the FPÖ isn't too happy with the flood happening 2 weeks before the elections, shifting the debate a bit away from migration and giving an opportunity to the federal and state governments to flex their muscles a bit in handling the disaster.
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

Barrister

#6
September 17, 2024, 10:17:28 AM
Where are the ties???

Syt you inadvertantly gave it away that the one guy with a tie is the FPO candidate (I can see his picture at an oblique angle in your flooding pics) but I didn't want to vote for him anyways - just fucking shave my man!  I have no problem with a beard, but not the "I haven't bothered to shave in three days" look.

So going through the remainder...

Top woman with really chunky necklace gives very lefty-vibes.  I don't trust politicians in official pics with tattoos, or wearing t-shirts, so combine both and it's a definite "no".

I've come around to Twitter "menswear guy" thought that a suit needs a tie to complete the look.

So now I'm down to second from top, or woman with a mauve blazer.  I realize that mauve blazer is the person left out of Syt's first poll which makes me suspicious, but putting that to the side she has the most "conservative" look to my mind, so she gets my vote.
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Zanza

#7
September 17, 2024, 10:26:48 AM
The guy with the blue tie who is also on the flooding picture is chancellor Nehammer from the Conservatives.

Barrister

#8
September 17, 2024, 10:27:40 AM
Quote from: Zanza on September 17, 2024, 10:26:48 AMThe guy with the blue tie who is also on the flooding picture is chancellor Nehammer from the Conservatives.

Oh, OK.

Well I made my choice and I stand by it.
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grumbler

#9
September 17, 2024, 03:45:16 PM
Only one candidate looks to be genuinely happy, so I went with her.  There are enough grumps in power already.
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Bayraktar!

Admiral Yi

#11
September 17, 2024, 04:04:58 PM
Mr. Stubble looks like a clone of the Spanish PM.

Sophie Scholl

#12
September 17, 2024, 04:12:01 PM
Short haired Beate Meinl-Reisinger (smiling candidate with the most Languish votes)!  :wub:
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"Everything that brought you here -- all the things that made you a prisoner of past sins -- they are gone. Forever and for good. So let the past go... and live."

"Somebody, after all, had to make a start. What we wrote and said is also believed by many others. They just don't dare express themselves as we did."

Sheilbh

#13
September 17, 2024, 04:17:45 PM
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on September 17, 2024, 07:00:06 AMWhat an unsatisfactory bunch of candidates  :(

Voted for the young fellow with the tattoos in the hope that he isn't a fascist lunatic.
Very unsatisfactory.

I voted for the top candidate but suddenly occurred to me she might have Pauline Hanson vibes :ph34r:
Let's bomb Russia!

Grey Fox

#14
September 17, 2024, 05:03:32 PM
I voted for the Crysta Freeland look alike.
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