A far-right populist shocks Romania by heading into the presidential runoff
A far-right populist shocks Romania by heading into the presidential runoff
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A far-right populist shocks Romania by heading into the presidential runoff
cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/17246413
Lots of people appearantly voted for him, so it can't be that much of a shock, now can it?
It's really more shocking to the media, who essentially ignored the guy because he was always trailing in polls. They all had him at 5% and then he suddenly shot up to 16% in exit polls and 23% in actual votes.
The running theory is that the main party artificially boosted him through their votes to have an easier go in round 2 ( "vote for our candidate, not the extremist" ) and it backfired because they underestimated tiktoks ability to brainwash people.
Polls in many European countries seem to be off. Some people are afraid to speak freely, it seems. That's a sad development.
It looks like they are using the same techniques they used for trump.
Social media is cancer.
I might shock you, but far right figures, even outright fascists have been also elected before social media were a thing, included in that part of the world.