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93% of voters suppport Crimea's accession to Russia – exit polls
Voice of Russia ^ | 3/16/2014

Posted on 03/16/2014 11:53:06 AM PDT by 5etester

Polling stations in Crimea have closed, the referendum is over. According to the exit polls, 93 percent of people voted for Crimea's accession to Russia at the referendum.

A total of 93 percent of residents of Crimea voted for joining Russia at a referendum on Sunday, an exit poll publicized by the Rossiya 24 TV channel shows.

Seven percent of Crimeans favored being a part of Ukraine, it shows. The voter turnout exceeded 80 percent, the Crimean News Agency reported.

The voting ended at 20:00 pm local time. Crimeans were able to cast votes at 1,205 polling station. Read more: http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_03_16/93-of-voters-suppport-Crimeas-accession-to-Russia-exit-polls-8596/


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Russia
KEYWORDS: crimea; crimeareferendum; eurasianunion; europeanunion; revanchism; russia; ukraine
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To: grania

The Crimeans had a choice. They exercised that choice to stay in Ukraine in the form of two referendums in 1991.


61 posted on 03/16/2014 12:59:22 PM PDT by Corporate Democrat
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In 1991, circumstances were different. Now, the Ukranian gov was taken over by a western-inspired coup, the leadership wants to go into hopeless debt to the west, Russia is ascending, and the ethnic Russian people of Crimea want to join Russia.

I would think that freepers would have at least a healthy skepticism of anything Obama and McCain want to happen.

62 posted on 03/16/2014 1:05:35 PM PDT by grania
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To: WhiskeyX

We’ll have to take a look at the raw numbers.

I’m sure they’ll be posted in the next few days.

I did say most Crimeans - I didn’t say all of them and that wouldn’t be accurate as we both know.


63 posted on 03/16/2014 1:07:04 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Corporate Democrat

I was referring to the transfer of Crimea to the Ukrainian SSR in 1954. This was accomplished by a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet.

AFAIK, no vote by the people. Not that a vote would have been meaningful, at the time.

I’m not making any claim that this vote represents “the will of the Crimean people,” only that the process by which the region became part of Ukraine in the first place wasn’t exactly democratic either.

If I lived in Crimea, I suspect I would have voted to be part of a functioning Russia rather than a disintegrating Ukraine. Particularly since a vote for Russia ends the turmoil and uncertainty, while a win for Ukraine would have meant it continuing.


64 posted on 03/16/2014 1:11:29 PM PDT by Sherman Logan
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65 posted on 03/16/2014 1:48:43 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: entropy12

They did not escape Mexico, they brought it with them. Most still claim Mexico as their country and claim much of our Southwest belongs to them/Mexico. That is what happens when you do not expect/require assimilation.


66 posted on 03/16/2014 1:54:14 PM PDT by Tammy8
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To: 5etester

I surely would not trust those ballot Boxes.


67 posted on 03/16/2014 2:15:08 PM PDT by Revel
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To: Revel

95.5% - rounded off to 96% for accession to Russia.

A perfect designer result


68 posted on 03/16/2014 2:21:07 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Sacajaweau

RE: The question is dumb because Mexico has nothing to offer Californians. That’s why Mexicans (hardly the majority) come here. Apples and oranges.

It is DUMB in today’s reality but NOT DUMB in theory.

Just because America is strong today does not guarantee that it will be in the future.


69 posted on 03/16/2014 4:05:50 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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