Old Woman Promises Social Unrest, Consequences For Sake Of Democracy If Her Party Loses Election

Uruguay's Vice President, Senator elect, and wife of former President Jose Mujica, LucĂ­a Topolansky has promised "an enormous social mobilization" if her coalition's presidential candidate loses the November 24th Presidential election in Uruguay (archived). According to local norms this is likely to take the form of general strikes, workplace occupations, organized vandalism, intense littering, and some level of rioting.

Topolansky's Frente Amplio coalition gathered less than 40% of the vote in the legislative round of the election with most of their Senate and lower legislative seats going to Topolansky's radical Popular Participation Movement and the differently radical Communist Part of Uruguay together enjoying a dominant position in the coalition's legislative bank. Self described moderate parties within the coalition including that of their Presidential nominee won a trivial number of seats.

The Presidential candidates of all other Parties gaining more than one percent of the vote endorsed National Party candidate Luis Lacalle Pou for the presidency during their concession speeches. Per their own self representations, the Popular Participation Movement claims to do the things they do for the sake of "democracy" with their definition of democracy showing no regard for actual electoral results.

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  1. The first polling data dedicated to the second round shows: 47 Luis 42 Commie Engineer. Of the remaining 5% plan to null their vote by placing deli meat in the ballot envelope and 6% are "undecided" at this time. Disclosed methodology appears better than any pre-election first round polls the local folks doing such things published.

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