Voting for the recently-created Lyonian Congress will be underway soon, as elections are in August. When asked as to why he made such a sudden start date, Lord Lysander commented, “Politics should be for those with ingenuity and intelligence. If a candidate gets elected to the 1st Lyonian Congress, they’ll have had to work for it.”
The lower chamber of Congress is the House of Representatives, with 1,600 Representatives elected nationwide (800 by the single-member-district-plurality system, 800 by proportional representation). The upper chamber is the Senate, with 800 Senators elected nationwide (400 by the single-member-district-plurality system, 400 by proportional representation). The House of Representatives will elect a Speaker who will decide ties in the House, while the Senate will elect a Consul who will decide ties in the Senate. The Speaker and the Consul both have agenda powers. Additionally, both chambers of Congress will meet and elect a Congressional Minister, who will work in both chambers to attempt to help legislation pass and be acceptable to both levels.
With an electoral threshold of 3% of the popular vote in order to win any seats (SMDP or PR), let’s take a look at the parties that have emerged, how they’re polling nationally, their ideological basis, and their briefs.
Party List:
Allied Party
Labour Party
Conservative Party
Lyonian Protectionist Party
Capitalization Party
Liberal Business Party
Isolationist Party
Communist Party
The Glove Party
Centralist Party
Independents
Briefs (very short descriptions, as most of these parties are newly formed):
Allied Party (mainly democratic-socialists when it comes to national politics; also involved in alliance politics, promoting decentralization of power and even lower alliance taxes)
Labor Party (a general leftist party; prefers more open, complacent business policies, and left-leaning policies in other areas)
Conservative Party (general right-wing party; prefers more closed and protective policies for business, and conservative policies elsewhere)
Lyonian Protectionist Party (prefers highly protectionist/traditional policies)
Capitalization Party (prefers cheap labor, open borders for an immigrant workforce, and general policies that support businesses and the wealthy)
Liberal Business Party (mix of Conservative and Labour Party; more liberal than conservative)
Isolationist Party (far-right; prefers isolationism and self-sufficiency)
Communist Lyon Party (far-left; typical communist party)
The Glove Party (involved in AA affairs and national affairs; prefers higher alliance taxes, is anti-monopoly, prefers general protectionist, isolationist, and self-productive policies; further right than the Conservative Party, but not as far as the Isolationist Party)
Centralist Party (typical center party)
Independents (can’t be accurately described)
Scale of Ideology, -10 being as far left as possible, 0 being center, 10 being as far right as possible.
Allied Party: -5.25
Labour Party: -3
Conservative Party: 2.4
Lyonian Protectionist Party: 8.15
Capitalization Party: -0.75
Liberal Business Party: -1.8
Isolationist Party: 6.5
Communist Party: -8.9
The Glove Party: 4.2
Centralist Party: 0
Independents: Cannot Be Determined
The current national polls (conducted by the newly established Electoral Research and Polling Commission, or ERP-C), along with the polls of the major news stations The Lyon Times (LYT) and The Central Lyon Broadcast (CLB) are as follows;
National Polls/LYT Polls/CLB Polls:
Allied Party - 5.75% / 4.25% / 7.4%
Labour Party - 16.2% / 15.6% / 17%
Conservative Party - 19.25% / 20.25% / 17.6%
Lyonian Protectionist Party - 5.9% / 6.2% / 5.4%
Capitalization Party - 4.7% / 4.9% / 4.8%
Liberal Business Party - 12.8% / 12.5% / 13.4%
Isolationist Party - 8.4% / 9% / 7.8%
Communist Party - 5.2% / 4.75% / 6.1%
The Glove Party - 12.4% / 13.2% / 12.1%
Centralist Party - 5.6% / 5.25% / 4.8%
Independents - 3.8% / 4.1% / 3.6%
With that, this electoral report concludes. May all the parties have luck in their upcoming elections.
