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There has to be more to it than that. I seriously doubt that the entire country of Romania is sitting on TikTok, and was so easily swayed. Also, when I hear "

There has to be more to it than that. I seriously doubt that the entire country of Romania is sitting on TikTok, and was so easily swayed. Also, when I hear "looks to be funded by Russians and Chinese, no proof so far but it seems quite credible". Sure, anything is possible. But how can it be credible, if no proof so far, as you say. I am no expert on anything Romanian, but my skeptical bells are going off when I hear this.

AdrianB1 2y ago
A lot of "influencers" did campaign for this guy, some of them not even knowing who are they doing it for. They signed contract with "talent company" to promote stuff without mentioning any name, but that stuff was his main point of the campaign, so they amplified the craziness. Not all of Romania is sitting on TikTok, but a large enough portion or around 2 million people voted him while most of the rest of the people never heard about him. The list of candidates was so long (>10) and some were not known, most people ignored them. I personally don't know anyone that voted for him. It was a big surprise for most people. Now that videos of his speeches appeared in public space he has no chance to get any significant amount of votes as he sounds like a lunatic. This is why I said the entire thing is trolling.
tzs 2y ago
> There has to be more to it than that. I seriously doubt that the entire country of Romania is sitting on TikTok, and was so easily swayed. Romania isn't a de facto two party system like the US. There were 14 candidates on the ballot, 10 from various parties and 4 independents. If nobody gets a majority the top 2 advance to a second round vote. If I've matched up candidates and parties correctly, of the 10 party candidates at least 6 were from right wing parties, and collectively got 47% of the vote. But the way it was split among them the highest any one of them got was 19.18%. The second highest of them got 13.86% and the third 8.79%. The highest non-right party or independent got 19.15% of the vote. So no, Georgescu didn't need the entire country to be on TikTok. He only needed to get more than 19.15% to get to the second round. He got 22.94%. If Romania had used a ranked choice or instant runoff type of voting system, which probably should be used when you have as many candidates they do from as many different parties as they have, Georgescu probably wouldn't have a chance. For most of the 47% who voted right wing but not for him he probably would have been pretty far down in their ranking and been eliminated after a handful of rounds.

AdrianB1 2y ago

A lot of "influencers" did campaign for this guy, some of them not even knowing who are they doing it for. They signed contract with "talent company" to promote stuff without mentioning any name, but that stuff was his main point of the campaign, so they amplified the craziness. Not all of Romania is sitting on TikTok, but a large enough portion or around 2 million people voted him while most of the rest of the people never heard about him. The list of candidates was so long (>10) and some were not known, most people ignored them. I personally don't know anyone that voted for him. It was a big surprise for most people. Now that videos of his speeches appeared in public space he has no chance to get any significant amount of votes as he sounds like a lunatic. This is why I said the entire thing is trolling.

tzs 2y ago

> There has to be more to it than that. I seriously doubt that the entire country of Romania is sitting on TikTok, and was so easily swayed. Romania isn't a de facto two party system like the US. There were 14 candidates on the ballot, 10 from various parties and 4 independents. If nobody gets a majority the top 2 advance to a second round vote. If I've matched up candidates and parties correctly, of the 10 party candidates at least 6 were from right wing parties, and collectively got 47% of the vote. But the way it was split among them the highest any one of them got was 19.18%. The second highest of them got 13.86% and the third 8.79%. The highest non-right party or independent got 19.15% of the vote. So no, Georgescu didn't need the entire country to be on TikTok. He only needed to get more than 19.15% to get to the second round. He got 22.94%. If Romania had used a ranked choice or instant runoff type of voting system, which probably should be used when you have as many candidates they do from as many different parties as they have, Georgescu probably wouldn't have a chance. For most of the 47% who voted right wing but not for him he probably would have been pretty far down in their ranking and been eliminated after a handful of rounds.