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[gogalucky]

Elections are on Tuesday! And I am still undecided! Shit!

Okay here's the dealio. Israelis are turning fascister and fascister by the day and are voting for dudes like Avigdor Lieberman (he wants to kick out all the Arab-Israelis who already have Israeli citizenship). But Bibi Netanyahu (who has already proven himself to be a crappy prime minister

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[jeffreyatw]

All politicians are corrupt, vote Livni

[rabid_bookwyrm]

I don't know anything about Israel's politics and even less about how votes are counted, etc, but I'd say it's a balance:

If Netanyahu wins, how bad will it be? Really bad.
If Livni wins, how bad will it be? Meh.
If Meimad wins, how bad will it be? Great!

And then, how likely are they to win:
Netanyahu - pretty likely.
Livni - less likely
Meimad - not all that likely.

So, the most-likely-not-horrible situation is Livni winning. However, it sounds like maybe the vote for the party is not just for the PM but also seats in the congress or parliament? In which case... I don't know. Probably still Livni is better, I guess.

[ljofthatfellow]

Here's what I figure: If you're pretty comfortable that someone OK will win, vote for the unlikely candidate, to give them their due boost. If there's a bothersome amount of uncertainty, put your vote towards securing the best realistic thing, in this case the OK party. Vote Livni, but be vocal about the Green Movement ideals! Don't give Lieberman types any chance for leverage, take the opening.

[cheesechimp]

I guess you've already voted then, because there's only an hour of Tuesday left here in California, so Tuesday is over there, right? If you feel comfortable discussing it, what did you choose? You know, I hate how the American bipartisan system works, but I still prefer it to the idea of voting for the party rather than the individual. I guess it only makes sense to do it that way to get proportional representation in a multiparty system, but I don't really like the idea of the voters not really choosing the politicians.

[gogalucky]

I voted for the Green Movement - Meimad and although they didn't pass the election threshold, I do not regret my decision to vote for them.

[ljofthatfellow]

When you only get one erection every four years, it'd better be for someone you want.

[gogalucky]

oh very nice!