• FireAxel [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Just Vienna had elections? Or are there local elections in the whole of Austria right now?

    Also, for us unfamiliar with Austrian politics, which party is fash?

    EDIT: nevermind, FPO right? Since they're the ones with -20.

    EDIT 2: What happened between April and November 2017? Just saw polling and FPO was way ahead at 40% in April 2017, and then suddenly it started collapsing (finished 2017 with 20% support, and eventually got 7% in the election).

    • aqwxcvbnji [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      FPÖ promised a Russian oligarch governement contracts if they'd generate positive news stories for the party. They were so obviously corrpt, that they started losing in the polls. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibiza_affair

      • Lord_ofThe_FLIES [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        The whole government resigned after the affair and there were new elections, in which the FPÖ lost a lot of votes, but the ÖVP won most of them

        • aqwxcvbnji [none/use name]
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          4 years ago

          Yeah, but now in Vienna most people who previously voted vor FPÖ stayed home or voted blank. OVP won a little bit, but a lot less then FPÖ lost.

    • Lord_ofThe_FLIES [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      FPÖ and HC are both fash. After the Ibizagate thing HC Strache, the vice-chancelor, split from the FPÖ and ran for the local Viennese election. With less than 4% he's not getting into the local government, which is great news