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To me it is hillarious that the thing called "Smart Vote" (the one that was banned) means actually "vote for whoever you are told to vote for by the Navalny tea

To me it is hillarious that the thing called "Smart Vote" (the one that was banned) means actually "vote for whoever you are told to vote for by the Navalny team". I only found it out a few days ago. This doesn't sound really smart to me at all. Quite the opposite. "Mindless vote" would be more correct. It doesn't care about the candidate's person, political agenda, views, biography, anything. It doesn't care about the party you are told to vote for, either. You should just vote for X or Y, for party X or party Y, and that's it :)

bserge 5y ago
Yeah, that's how low the bar is in Russia. Anyone but Putin. Which really won't help much, since his friends are everywhere. The whole structure is rotten. But it could start something at least.
- sedan_baklazhan 5y ago
  This is how low the bar is for Navalny and his team, specifically. Nothing more, nothing less.
  - bserge 5y ago
    Putin for another 20 years. Nothing more, nothing less. God I hate that phrase. Of course there's so much more to it ffs.
davesque 5y ago
Am I missing something here? It just sounds like a digital voting guide. Political parties in the US publish these all the time.
- sedan_baklazhan 5y ago
  It's a guide, OK, I agree. But there's nothing smart about it.
evmt 5y ago
It's "smart" when compared to the previously employed strategy that was "vote for anyone, but United Russia candidate". Now the idea is to consolidate opposition votes for a single candidate in every electoral district that has the best chance to win over the main governmental candidate. The list of candidates has very little to do with ideological support for the actual candidates on it. Most of them I'd say are crooks and shills themselves, but they are not THE crooks and shills the government wants to see in the State Duma.
me_me_me 5y ago
This is pseudo preferential voting. Preferential voting is much better voting system as you vote is not wasted on candidate who will not pass election threshold. Smart here means the vote is used to make a difference and not get wasted

bserge 5y ago

Yeah, that's how low the bar is in Russia. Anyone but Putin. Which really won't help much, since his friends are everywhere. The whole structure is rotten. But it could start something at least.

sedan_baklazhan 5y ago
This is how low the bar is for Navalny and his team, specifically. Nothing more, nothing less.
- bserge 5y ago
  Putin for another 20 years. Nothing more, nothing less. God I hate that phrase. Of course there's so much more to it ffs.

davesque 5y ago

Am I missing something here? It just sounds like a digital voting guide. Political parties in the US publish these all the time.

sedan_baklazhan 5y ago
It's a guide, OK, I agree. But there's nothing smart about it.

evmt 5y ago

It's "smart" when compared to the previously employed strategy that was "vote for anyone, but United Russia candidate". Now the idea is to consolidate opposition votes for a single candidate in every electoral district that has the best chance to win over the main governmental candidate. The list of candidates has very little to do with ideological support for the actual candidates on it. Most of them I'd say are crooks and shills themselves, but they are not THE crooks and shills the government wants to see in the State Duma.

me_me_me 5y ago

This is pseudo preferential voting. Preferential voting is much better voting system as you vote is not wasted on candidate who will not pass election threshold. Smart here means the vote is used to make a difference and not get wasted