United Provinces presidential election, 2019
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| Date | 1 August 2019 |
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| Location | United Provinces |
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The 2nd annual United Provinces presidential election took place on the 1st of August, 2019. Incumbent democratic president McClark was running against conservative Harold Williams and far right Hermann Brandy of the Alternative for Snowiny party. McClark campaigned in favour of a Keynesian economy, smaller military, bigger government and free trade. Williams campaigned in favor of less government interference in the economy, a stronger military, gun rights and he also supported free trade. Brandy campaigned an the anti establishment candidate who supported extended gun rights, smaller government, stronger military and, his most controversial stance, his opposition of free trade (he was a vocal supporter of getting the United Provinces to leave the WU, claiming that the WU is taking Snowinn jobs abroad and is not helping the Snowinn economy, but only the other member states economies).
McClark remained a pretty popular candidate in the polls which were taken almost every day or week from August 2016, until January 2019 when Brandy seemed to surpass him in some polls. Over the course of next few months he would switch back and forth in the polls versus Hermann Brandy, until the last few days before the election, when he started polling fairly well against both his competitors.
McClark won the election carrying 42% of the vote. His victory was protested by many around the country and around the world as he received less than 50% of the vote. Brandy demanded a rematch of the election and demanded the Supreme Court of the country overrule McClark's victory and organize an election witth just him and McClark as the candidates. The Supreme Court, however, on the 26th of August ruled in favor of McClark and decided his victory was fair and square.
Election Results[edit]
| Candidate | Home State | Votes Received |
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| TURNOUT | NATIONWIDE | 50.64% |
| VOTES CAST | NATIONWIDE | 8,304,297 |
| Simon Parkers McClark | Staplae | 3,487,804 |
| Hermann Steven Brandy | Caspian | 2,740,418 |
| Harold John Williams | Central | 1,993,031 |
Reaction[edit]
Liberals and socialists all around the world were shocked by the result of the election as right wing politicians won 57% of the vote over liberal McClark. However, Hermann Brandy and his supporters were very happy because they managed to stand strong against the establishment and get 33% of the vote. Meanwhile, global conservative leaders were saddened by McClark's victory. Acadia's president Brant hoped for a victory for Harold Williams.
