Hopefully the Trump kiss of death has the same effect as it did on Canada’s federal election.
Edit: post election, haha, it did.
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TylerBourbon1 day ago
+147
It's Trumps Kiss of Death vs Putins Election Rigging
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Kaffe-Mumriken1 day ago
+11
Or th pope
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UsedToHaveThisName1 day ago
+61
The collapse in the last federal election for Poilievre is right up there with the Toronto Maple Leafs in the playoffs.
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PR05523 hr ago
+3
Like an 18-wheeler right off a cliff...or just a bunch of them clogging the streets in downtown Ottawa
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BadFootyTakes23 hr ago
+2
That's what happens with populists. You all then their plan, they say anything but Trudeau, you remind them he's gone and was replaced with a moderate, and then boom. They have literally nothing.
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CyanConatus19 hr ago
+1
I'm more right leaning than most Listnookors but I'm happy with Carney. Trudeau to me it felt like he sorta abandoned Western Canada.
Carney at least seems to include everyone in his policies
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Cynical_Classicist1 day ago
+26
Or Australia.
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Bromlife1 day ago
+48
Trump's kiss of death in Australia didn't just lose the conservative party the election, it blew them up completely and sent their idiots scattering.
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OnionsoftheBelt1 day ago
+14
Every now and then if I'm feeling blue, I grab a couple of beers and watch highlights from that election coverage. Seeing the light go out from the coalition's eyes as they realise how monumental their f*** up was is so satisfying.
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Bromlife1 day ago
+6
The best bit was when the right wing newscasters couldn’t stay positive anymore.
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MaRokyGalaxy19 hr ago
+2
Can you send anything? I'm unfamiliar with Australian elections but this sounds interesting.
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Cynical_Classicist1 day ago
+18
I know that in Australia and Canada the far-right leader lost their seat.
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Diarmundy1 day ago
-7
Australia never had a right wing in power. We had a centre slightly left vs centre slightly right
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mr_birkenblatt23 hr ago
+4
Trump should endorse himself
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Dzotshen1 day ago
+5
The Mierdas Touch. Hope it works. It does in the states like a charm
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Ptarmigan-505715 hr ago
+2
right on cue. good call
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solid_reign21 hr ago
+1
Canada is the US neighbor and by far its most important economic partner.
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IMAWNIT1 day ago
-9
He did endorse Carney near the end of election campaign
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Michael-Sean1 day ago
+474
Both Trump and Vance vouched for him. He’s toast.
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BadmiralHarryKim1 day ago
+190
Vance killed the last Pope so at least he's confining himself to political careers now.
Baby steps.
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__Yakovlev__1 day ago
+16
At least he's also working very hard on killing his own political career
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JerHat1 day ago
+39
I can’t imagine associating with Trump or Vance is a positive at the moment. But I have no idea about the politics of Hungary other than… please get rid of that d*****.
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draggingonfeetofclay1 day ago
+20
I mean they have plenty of people who are pro Orban, otherwise he wouldn't have been voted in in the first place.
The interesting thing about Orban's opponent is that, according to he article, he's not just some leftist, but came from Orban's own political party. So basically if Republicans who opposed Trump decided to create a new conservative party because they think he's gone too far.
The journalists writing about this election in the article credit him a real chance based on the fact that he's not the expected leftist opposition, but someone who simply believes it's not in Hungary's interest to be so close to Russia.
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queen-adreena1 day ago
+5
I'm hoping for a last-minute Liz Truss endorsement!
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LumiereGatsby23 hr ago
+2
Fix is in.
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BeeFrier1 day ago
+5
They even try to bribe them, with financial support.
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MaybeTheDoctor22 hr ago
+1
[Up to 8%](https://hungarytoday.hu/election-2026-final-results-will-not-be-known-until-saturday-following-the-vote/) of votes are expected to be from overseas mail in votes which will not be counted until 4 days after the election. This means that opposition have to win over 60% of tonight’s votes for it to be a slam dunk loss.
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solid_reign21 hr ago
+1
In many countries overseas votes tend to look for change, and be more liberal. But I don't know enough about Hungary to know if that is the case.
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szucsgod1 day ago
+192
We gonna kick him out to moscow
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Sethmeisterg1 day ago
+40
Godspeed!
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o_julep1 day ago
+112
Canadian here, hope the people of Hungary reclaim their country ❤️
Every day people againts oligarchy 👊🤟
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Capt_morgan721 day ago
+45
Consecutive* rule right? He’s been the leader of Hungary for 20 years right?
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Tezmo41 day ago
+18
16 consecutive yes, but THAT is what they're (hopefully) ending. The fact he served a term before that (btw, while literally being on the opposite side of the political spectrum) has very little to do with ending his 16 years reign. They can't end 20 years, because the first term ended and another government was in between.
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TruthOk87421 day ago
+43
Orban is in real danger, but with how tilted their election system is, his defeat isn’t a given, unfortunately.
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gradinaruvasile1 day ago
+22
Maybe they will get defeated but retain close to 45-50% so they can deadlock any attempt to change anything. Only way for the newcomers to really have the power to clean up is they having 75% seats (which is not really 75% votes because of their doctored election system - and it works against them since it was adjusted by Orban’s party).
Anyways the actual democracy in Hungary is really thin because of the 16 year unchecked Fidesz reign with 75% majority that allowed them to change constitution and any rules they could and practically dismantled the opposition parties.
And now the challenger is still a single party. Democracy needs more parties to compromise thus enacting checks and balances.
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queen-adreena1 day ago
+14
This is a growing problem with democracies lately. Conservatives are so rampant of blowing up the system, stacking the odds in their favour, destroying institutions and decimating services that even when left/centre parties do get elected, they have to spend all their energy, political capital and time just trying to undo that damage.
Then things don't turn around instantly and the people elect the grifters to rinse and repeat.
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im_thatoneguy1 day ago
+5
“At least the arsonist did something! What has the mayor done to solve my housing problem?! The arsonist is promising to burn down more houses which he says will make space for new construction.”
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solid_reign21 hr ago
-1
This isn't a conservative liberal issue, it's a power and politics issue.
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Lanky-Chance-31561 day ago
+10
I mean just not actively vetoing everything the eu tries to do is some progress.
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Pajszerkezu_Joe1 day ago
+4
About the tilted system: last time in 2022, Orban got the 68% (2/3) majority of seats with 54% of the votes.
Time for rename advanced gerrymandering to orbanning.
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TruthOk87421 day ago
+2
Honestly, that’s truly insane.
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Pajszerkezu_Joe1 day ago
+3
Even better, in 2014 and 2018 they got 67% seats both times with 45% and 49% of votes respectively.
Felt like a bad joke every time.
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StrangerFew24241 day ago
+31
Hopefully, Putin's puppet loses in a landslide... 🤞🙏
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UbiSububi81 day ago
+39
Saw a couple of dozen Hungarians lined up at the consulate in NYC today to vote.
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Mikadomea1 day ago
+10
I have many hungarians at work at where i live, they all said they need to Vote even if they arent "there", but Orban needs to go.
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Few-Button60041 day ago
+106
Hungary for change
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Rich_Fisherman_84441 day ago
+24
Winning slogan
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BertoC11 day ago
+32
If Orban wins its time for EU to finally start thinking about kicking Hungary out, whatever the cost.
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Nerevarine911 day ago
+13
NATO as well
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MWH19801 day ago
+14
Well Hungary, time to prove if you can be smarterer than the United States.
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Cynical_Classicist1 day ago
+11
God I'm worried about this. I hope there's a backlash against the far-right.
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MadTube16 hr ago
+1
It appears there was.
Get fucked, right wingers.
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Intro-Nimbus1 day ago
+9
I'm rooting for you people of Hungary.
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betonbokor1 day ago
+12
Thank you! There is overwhelming participation (they expect over 80% turnout) so there is hope. We had enough of this shit.
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kosmokramr1 day ago
+74
Get this guy the hell out of power for Ukraine’s sake
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asdhjasdhlkjashdhgf1 day ago
+120
actually for Hungary's sake, which implicit helps Ukraine.
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Pjpjpjpjpj1 day ago
+46
For Hungary’s sake, for Ukraine’s sake, for the EU’s sake, and to piss off Trump and Putin.
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VladimiroPudding1 day ago
+10
Likely Putin will concentrate his efforts on Fico instead from now on.
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drunkenbrawler1 day ago
+5
There's always a new turd to polish.
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Bruvvimir1 day ago
+7
Such a significant election for Hungary, and Europe.
Hope sanity (and peace) prevail.
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MareC0gnitum1 day ago
+5
I will cry so hard if this nightmare finally ends. We must take our country back.
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mimiringo1 day ago
+6
Do we really believe that he will simply leave without causing any problems or declaring the election invalid?
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VixensPoppies1 day ago
+3
Let’s hope they kick that Orban to the curb
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Ser_Daniel_The_1st1 day ago
+3
I really wanna see the guy called “Magyar” win because that’s another word for Hungarian if I’m not mistaken which I find ENDLESSLY hilarious.
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natzo1 day ago
+5
I wonder how Orban is going to try to steal the election.
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Elusive_Zergling1 day ago
+2
This will be a major blow to russia and the USA if Orban gets ousted, clearly he's there to act as a virus to Ukraine and the EU, and Hungary itself (unless what I hear from residents is incorrect). Hopefully we'll have some good news when the results come in - this time next week?.
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LostDreams441 day ago
+2
Doubt it's going to happen. You can't kick a dictator that easily. He'll pull some shit like staging a coup thanks to his buddy Putin help or some shit like that
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Plekuz1 day ago
+2
With all the gerrymandering and voting rules bending, he is able to lose big on actual votes, but still win the elections. I fear he won't be going anywhere.
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Uberslaughter1 day ago
+2
Good!
Congrats to the people of Hungary for overthrowing Putin’s puppet.
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mesmerooo1 day ago
+33
too early for the congrats, bruh
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Full_Result_31011 day ago
+6
It hasn't happened yet, Its going to be rigged and Orbán will win in a massive landslide.
Orbán quote from the article:
"We are going to achieve such a victory that will surprise everyone, perhaps even ourselves," he told several thousand supporters in a small square on Budapest's Castle Hill."
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Lonely_Ad17161 day ago
+1
The toadmeister
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DreamsAndSchemes19 hr ago
+1
If the opposition wins what’s the bet with little green men suddenly being on vacation in Budapest
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-2
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Readybreak1 day ago
+7
It's been the same leader for 16+ years. If you dont know by now. This random listnook thread won't make you decide.
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