superchessmachine wrote:
Who is the one guy who voted "average"???
Who do you support in the FIDE presidential election (updated poll)?
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superchessmachine wrote:
not me
Don't worry... I didn't think it was you. You can appreciate great trolling. Unlike some people.
Short is one of the biggest arseholes in chess, so I support anyone but him.
Short or Gollum? Tough choice.
A friendly reminder to everyone that in addition to leaving comments in this thread - which I greatly appreciate - there is also a poll where people can choose which candidate they support:
http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=5b3ba8d3e4b094aa4130202a
varelse1 wrote:
Short!!
+1
lol 
Ok... so apparently overnight someone stuffed the ballot with Makropolous votes. When I went to bed last night (at like 3AM) there were 16 votes in total, with 0 for Makropolous. Now there are 60 votes, with Makropolous at 72%. So yeah... not suspicious at all.
Whoever did it, though, I wonder how they did it. For this type of poll normally you can't vote more than once from the same IP.
macer75 wrote:
Ok... so apparently overnight someone stuffed the ballot with Makropolous votes. When I went to bed last night (at like 3AM) there were 16 votes in total, with 0 for Makropolous. Now there are 60 votes, with Makropolous at 72%. So yeah... not suspicious at all.
Whoever did it, though, I wonder how they did it. For this type of poll normally you can't vote more than once from the same IP.
Makro's nomination countries 
Change your flag to Vatican City?........Bahahahahahahahahah
hows this macer guy still allowed to post if he is banned:/?
Jul 5, 2018
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I heard and read much about Short and his ideas, but I heard nothing about what Makropoulos or Dvorkovich are planning to change.
Where can I find out more about them? Any reason for me to even consider supporting one of them instead?
I mean, I see Makropoulos having almost 59% in this poll, while I know completely nothing about him ???
Scarlet_Evans wrote:
I heard and read much about Short and his ideas, but I heard nothing about what Makropoulos or Dvorkovich are planning to change.
Where can I find out more about them? Any reason for me to even consider supporting one of them instead?
I mean, I see Makropoulos having almost 59% in this poll, while I know completely nothing about him ???
See post #17.
Then again, last night there were about 20 votes, which once again resulted in an uptick in the Makropoulos vote. It wasn't nearly as dramatic as last time, but the main reason for that is probably that there were already so many votes cast. So either the person/people stuffing the ballot are pretty insistent, or perhaps it isn't really vote-stuffing. Maybe it's just a question of time zones - that supporters of Makropoulos and Short tend to live in different parts of the world, and are awake at different times, and thus votes for the two candidates tend to come in spurts.
As for finding out more about the candidates, chess.com has written a couple of news articles on them. Beyond that I can't really suggest anything more specific than a Google search.
Pick your poison
Postafi wrote:
A poll like this can be very deceptive.
In open ballot voting, the undecided will instinctively check who is leading the vote and join the perceived majority, thus creating a snowball effect.
Much like in Master vs Many vote chess.
This other poll illustrates the divisive nature of @macer75:
http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=5b270b89e4b0e8b3e30fb45a
As if my divisive nature needed any illustration.
But to your other point: I'm not sure about that. Whenever I vote in a poll that I know and/or care nothing about, I always choose the option that seems the most ridiculous, which is usually not the one that is leading.
Not to mention that you have to click on "see results" before you vote to see who is leading, and I doubt that many people are willing to put in that extra effort.
Well... so far it seems that the election comes down to a two-way race between Makropoulos and Short, with the former enjoying a majority of support and a comfortable lead. Dvorkovich is not a factor, and Short has his work cut out for him.
Under the current circumstances, perhaps it would be wise for Short to make an appeal to the sizeable 9% of the electorate who are as yet undecided. But even if he manages to garner all of their support, he would still need to get some Makropoulos supporters to change their minds. Will he manage to somehow win wnough support by election day and pull off a stunning upset? We'll have to wait and see.
Short-Makropoulos or Regular-Makropoulos
Jul 13, 2018
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macer75 wrote:
Well... so far it seems that the election comes down to a two-way race between Makropoulos and Short, with the former enjoying a majority of support and a comfortable lead. Dvorkovich is not a factor, and Short has his work cut out for him.
Under the current circumstances, perhaps it would be wise for Short to make an appeal to the sizeable 9% of the electorate who are as yet undecided. But even if he manages to garner all of their support, he would still need to get some Makropoulos supporters to change their minds. Will he manage to somehow win wnough support by election day and pull off a stunning upset? We'll have to wait and see.
It will be very hard for Short to overcome the votes that Makropolous buys from small relatively poor countries, much like his predecessor did.
Edit: See post #17 for an observation on the high Makropoulos vote.
Following the withdrawal of incumbent Kirsan Ilyumzhinov from the upcoming presidential election, the golden era of FIDE seems to have come to an end, yet at the same time a new era begins. Marking this monumental moment, of course, will be an election to decide who will have the great fortune and responsibility of taking the reigns from the hands of the most decorated president in FIDE history. The winner of that election will be one of the three candidates:
Arkady Dvorkovich, former Deputy Prime Minister of Russia (endorsed by Ilyumzhinov)
Georgios Makropoulos, current Deputy President of FIDE
Nigel Short, Grandmaster
As we approach what may well be one of the most important turning points in the history of chess, it is our duty as concerned citizens of the chess world to participate in the democratic process and make our voices heard. Thus, I ask those who have been following the election to respond to the poll below, and tell us: of the three candidates, who has your support for the office? Please also share your reasons for supporting your candidate of choice in the comments below.
http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=5b3ba8d3e4b094aa4130202a
Thank you for your participation!