53,917 votes left to count if my math is right, much larger gap between Fujimori and Castillo. PERU LIBRE!

  • RandyLahey [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    i remember going through rural peru many years ago, and walls of buildings everywhere were plastered with candidates logos on bright, solid background colours - and infrastructure like bridges and stuff were all painted in the colour of whichever president/party built it so that people would know that they had funded it. i think the reasoning was that literacy was pretty low but political engagement was actually pretty high. in that situation, a pencil logo sends a pretty clear message to rural voters, whereas a circle with a k is pretty dismissive

      • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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        3 years ago

        High Schools in my neighborhood were named "Clements", "Dulles", and "Bush".

        The big intercontinental airport was also "Bush". We've got a bunch of local public buildings named after notable figures.

        Then there's the hold-over shit from the 1920s, when segregation went into high gear.

        Like... yeah, we already do this. But a lot of what we advertise is just a parade of assholes.