Weird, a positive election outcome in 2016

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Austria just elected the left-wing instead of the right-wing candidate president! And it wasn't close, a 6% difference, ten times as much as in the original run-off election. Even bigger voter participation too. I'm so, so relieved.

I still don't think the Constitutional Court decision to repeat the election was correct, but in hindsight it was probably a good thing. If they hadn't the FPÖ would always keep the rumors alive that Van der Bellen only won because of manipulation, and like this it's unambiguous.

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[jae]

I'm so relieved and pleased for you folks!

-J

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We got the result almost immediately too! None of that endless anxious waiting I'd been afraid of. This might have been the first election in 2016 (that I paid attention to) where I was not optimistic about the outcome, but this time the surprise was very nice.