Posted on 12/04/2016 9:02:55 AM PST by Pinkbell
The far-right Austrian presidential candidate Norbert Hofer’s campaign manager, Herbert Kickl, has conceded his candidate’s defeat to former Greens leader Alexander Van der Bellen, Reuters reports.
Kickl told the state broadcaster:
The bottom line is it didn’t quite work out. In this case the establishment - which pitched in once again to block, to stonewall and to prevent renewal - has won.
Also:
If confirmed, the margin of Van der Bellen’s forecast win over Hofer in Austria is a major surprise.
Polls in the run-up to the vote had the two candidates neck-and-neck, with several putting the far-right Freedom party’s Hofer ahead. But the first official results, released minutes ago, show the independent with 53.5% of the vote, with Hofer 46.4%.
Interior ministry officials have told the Associated Press that votes obviously continue to be counted and the percentages are therefore almost certain to vary, but the outcome is now unlikely to change.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
Well... I feel sorry for 46% of Austria.
Maybe they should ask for a recount
Or maybe they should just get used to the hills coming alive with the muslim call to prayer
Too many beta male cucks over there.
voter fraud?
Far right = principled, common sense conservatism.
POLLS ARE DISINFORMATIONAL BS ......
Never believe a Poll as they are never true in my opinion and experience.
Get out and VOTE even if polls show your side is winning by 75%.
Can anyone tell me what far-right actually means?
We are so fortunate in the U.S. Our Trump won.
The bottom line is it didn’t quite work out. In this case the establishment - which pitched in once again to block, to stonewall and to prevent renewal - has won.
This is what will happen in France too.
You have to replace Merkel first. Then do the Anschluss.
They dropped the voting age to 16 to help seal a win.
He really won, and then they had to recount to do fraud. Then they postpone the reelection because they didn’t like the date coinciding with Hungary’s vote.
In media parlance, all who are not Leftists.
There were concerns about the use of postal ballots (absentee ballots) in the two earlier runoff elections this year with the Freedom Party getting a court ruling to run the runoff a second time over questionable ballots in the first runoff and the second scheduled runoff election cancelled when the postal ballot irregularities were detected.
You can smell something here.....
The one thing in France’s favor, for throwing off the declining establishment, is that France has suffered much more from the leftist sclerosis - more dramatic and visible failures - than a small country like Austria has. You may be right, but France is much more on edge now.
Anyone resisting Muslim Sharia takeover is “far right” — Leftards in the media and politics are lemmings with a death wish.
Maybe we should give the Russians back their half of Austria they had after WWII.
Greens are hardly “establishment” by US standards. For one thing, the party is only 30 years old. Good on Austria for making the right choice in the end.
Why do you believe electing this socialist is a good thing.
And welcome to FR.
>Notice the good form. Let’s come together as a nation. No recount. No cry baby.
Dear friends,
I would like to thank you. You have given me such great support, and I am incredibly sad that it didn’t work out. I would have liked to watch over our Austria.
I congratulate Alexander Van der Bellen on his success and ask all Austrians to stick together and to work together. We are all, equally, Austrians, no matter how we voted at the ballot box.
Norbert Hofer
>Don’t be too surprised if Hofer’s party finishes first in the next parliamentary election, and he is able to put together a ruling coalition.
>Regarding what is “far right” in Europe: The New Dawn Party of Greece is a far right, neo-Nazi party. The National Democratic Party of Germany is far right, but actually not a neo-Nazi Party.
>A bunch of parties are called “far-right” by the establishment-conservatives and socialists, but hey are simply a bit more nationalistic/euroskeptic than the establishment conservatives. They are just as committed to democracy, free markets and personal liberty as are the establishment conservatives (maybe more so). They want free trade and investment, but generally oppose a common currency, excess regulation by EUROcrats, and free immigration of people who do not embrace our values of freedom and democracy.
Soft-Euroskeptic: UK Conservative Party, Polish Law & Justice Party, German Alternative Party
Hard-Euroskeptic: UK Independence Party (Nigel Farage), National Front (Marine Le Pen), Austrian Freedom Party, Dutch Freedom Party
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