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[Nikitas]

"I don't imagine the opinions of the students abroad were canvassed for any polls. Large numbers of them were flown in and I think it was their votes which upset the pollsters' predictions"

Tim

Accoring to Greece's most succesful pollster this was the factor that caused the upset. No one had taken the overseas students into account.

[Oracle]

I think in future ... the diaspora should receive some voting rights ... especially ones such as myself, who were born in Cyprus ... had no say in removal from Cyprus, eventually managed to return to Cyprus against the strong pressures to not upset a personal status quo ... and then to be denied a vote because I have not been resident for 6 months before the election

Admittedly ... I would not be as familiar with the candidates' referenda as someone permanently here ... but what about the students abroad ... they also could not keep up with all the daily proposals of the candidates.

I want my vote!

LEt me know who you want to vote for round 2 and i'll give you mine.

Well .... I guess for round 2 ... we are likely to merge ... so go ahead and vote on my behalf ...

I guess I am just loyal to whomsoever is running the country, that is obviously not making a mess of it ... and you must admit Papadopoulos was not making a mess of things ....

The economy was doing great, image ( ) was good in that there was a huge influx of people ... we were in Europe, he got the country out of the Annan fix, was steadily working towards getting the EU to give Turkey the heave-ho .... etc etc.

He was good ... so why change?

[Piratis]

Piratis, i dont have the right to vote... alltho i spent the biggest part of my life here, but anyway... i followed elections closely and from what i can see, elections in Cyprus are the most transparent and fair from what i've witnessed elsewhere. People really do care, amazing... everyone behaved as it was a holiday, all dressed up etc.


But do really ppl care?

I had many conversations with different ppl i know regarding elections and basically everyone voted based on their personal interests. NOt many ppl believed there will be a solution but instead worried about their horafkia on the north to worth millions once north becomes recognized or someone voted Christofias as he would most likely would abolish visas for russian tourists because his business was suffering etc....

First of all I have to agree with you that the elections in Cyprus are transparent and fair. Nobody questions that.

The question is how come the polls got it wrong. Although within the margin of error, almost no poll predicted this order.

You are right that some people just don't care, especially among the younger generations. Combine that with the fact that the demographic which is probably the harder to capture in polls are the soldiers, and the fact that Kasoulides is promising to cut in half the military service immideatly after he gets elected, and I believe we have the reason why Kasoulides not only passed in the second but also came first.

Of course it might be a combination of other reasons as well, but personally I believe this is the factor that played the most.

By the way, I don't think Christofias can abolish visas for Russians since it is something imposed by the EU. If that was possible then Papadopoulos would have done it already. The most Christofias can do is to continue with excuses as to why Cyprus can not enter the Schengen, something that might make visas for 3rd country nationals harder.

[cypezokyli]

the extra votes ? .....hmmm..... well his first name is nicos.....

[Piratis]

the extra votes ? .....hmmm..... well his first name is nicos.....

cypezokyli, I don't know why you the "reformed" EOKA Bs are so happy. Do you think that you now have the chance to finish off the treason you started in 1974?

As they say, an apple will fall under the apple tree.

[steverf]

OK I tried to start a new post called GOATS but it did'n materialise. So I will try here. Same herd new shepard?