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haele

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8. Not much better for Hungary. His opposition used to be an ally.

Reply to canetoad (Original post)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 01:14 AM

10 hrs ago

Still at least somewhat right wing.
Democracy in Politics is not black/white, good guy/bad guy, my team/your team. It's about understanding where national social and economic risks are and matching personalities to the realistic plans they have to reduce those risks
Whether or not they've picking the lesser of two evils is still up in the air.

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Viktor Orban set to lose Hungarian election ABC NEWS (AU) [View all] canetoad 12 hrs ago OP

Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah hey hey hey goodbye! Initech 12 hrs ago #1

I believe I will let this pudding set awhile before I eat it. Midnight Writer 12 hrs ago #2

Yeah there's probably fuckery afoot r�is�n_dubh 8 hrs ago #10

agree Celerity 3 hrs ago #15

Still hoping he'll lose, but the NYT has an article on the gerrymandering in his favor: highplainsdem 7 hrs ago #11

Not accepting the results has become... 2naSalit 12 hrs ago #3

How could he possibly lose with that big red tie? struggle4progress 12 hrs ago #4

If he loses, it's "rigged." Sneederbunk 11 hrs ago #5

So the headlines on April 13th will be about his miraculous comeback win. Permanut 11 hrs ago #6

I know I sound like a broken record . . . AverageOldGuy 11 hrs ago #7

Not much better for Hungary. His opposition used to be an ally. haele 10 hrs ago #8

Not really my concern to be honest fujiyamasan 9 hrs ago #9

MagyarThe lesser of two evils Blumancru 4 hrs ago #12

Sweet malaise 4 hrs ago #13

Polls close at 1900 CEST (1700 GMT, 1pm EDT), first results expected about a hour later muriel_volestrangler 4 hrs ago #14