Posted on 03/04/2012 10:04:16 AM PST by Steelfish
Exit polls Show Putin Wins Russia's Presidential Election Amid Allegations of Violations in Election Published March 04, 2012 | March 3: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks at an award presentation ceremony for achievements in culture in Moscow. MOSCOW – Exit polls cited by state television say Vladimir Putin has won Russia's presidential election, which the opposition and independent observers say has been marred by widespread violations.
Putin tallied 59 percent of Sunday's vote, according to a nationwide exit poll conducted by the VTsIOM polling agency for Channel one television.
Another exit poll done by the FOM polling agency for Rossiya TV showed Putin received 58 percent of the ballot.
Communist Party candidate Gennady Zyuganov, got support of some 18 percent, according to the survey, and the others -- nationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky, socialist Sergei Mironov and billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov -- were in single digits.
Opposition leaders and Russian observers said Sunday they are seeing widespread violations in elections that are expected to return Vladimir Putin to the Kremlin.
If confirmed, claims of violations could undermine the legitimacy of Putin's victory and help fuel opposition protests.
The independent elections watchdog agency Golos said it was receiving reports of so-called "carousel voting," in which busloads of voters are driven around to cast ballots multiple times.
"There have been many people voting more than once, driven around in buses in large numbers" in Moscow, said Golos head Lilia Shibanova, who said similar reports had been received from Novosibirsk, Russia's third-largest city, and the city of Barnaul in southern Siberia.
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What a surprise!
I thought it was called Russian Roulette?
;)
Exit polls? It was already decided at the entry polls.
Putin is more conservative then Obama. I lke the old lug. He should run for President of our country. Say he is from Hawaii.
Will Rogers or somebody claimed Lenin said: “It’s not who votes that counts but who counts the votes.”
They’ll be doodling notes just to pass the time if Willard Romney the open socialist is the GOP nominee. They won’t have to lift a finger to take him out.
Putin could claim to have been born in Alaska before it was sold to the US—he’s actually 150 years old but looks young because of diet and exercise.
“Even if there were “violations”, his next closest rival is at 18% versus his 60%. That’s a pretty wide spread.
I’m not a Putin supporter but at least he’s not a weak-kneed phoney country hating SOB like our resident at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.”
Actually, Putin hates the USA too. Putin also has no problem murdering people or destroying their lives. I also suspect he’d be weak-kneed if he wasn’t supported by the “former” KGB, Communist tyrannical structure that is still operational.
Oh please. Its time for the Romney-haters to grow the hell up. You don’t like him. You wish he was more conservative. Well so do I. But to call him a “socialist” is just stupid. This attitude of “if my guy isn’t the nominee I’m going to take my ball and go home” is counterproductive and plays right into Obama’s hands. What matters is defeating Obama. Once Romney is elected, we can help steer him to the right. He will be 100,000 times better than Obama.
Even the damn Czars ran their lives before the commies took over and a short flirtation with democracy under the inebriated Yeltsin was a fluke as laughable as Ms Fluke the slut.
When freedom is an alien then order and security are all you crave and the old strong men commies and Putin provide both even if you have to ask Pootie to poot.
People say the Muslim savages of the Middle East don't know democracy from camel buggering—well the Russians are worse in that their own leaders and not the American Satan, introduced the concept to them and yet they still rejected it.
There's something wrong with that?
DNC operatives over there finding boxes of ballots in car trunks, eh?
That DNC sure gets around.
Oh I’m sure there was no cheating in this election, I mean we are talking about Putin.
They’re not prepared.
You can tell from Robameny’s refusal to attack Obammie the Commie that he has been given the nod from the GOP with the instruction that he is not to do so.
The GOP, as most RINOs, fears bad press more than anything. The fear of being called an “-ist” by anyone paralyzes them.
That is why they continually lose political battles.
As Gomer Pyle wouild say, “Sooprize, Sooprize!”.
AHAHAHAHA!.... AHAHAHA! Anyone remember Saddam Hussein getting 100% of the vote?
He won fair and square.
(Do I really need the sarcasm tag?)
I see no reason to capitulate to the father of universal health care in America simply because he has an R in front of his name.
Since you’ve probably been spending a lot of time at Mitt Romney Central, here’s something about your golden boy that you may have missed. Willard Romney the open socialist encouraged Obongo to adopt the individual mandate on a national level:
His position is exactly in line with Obama’s. Since we haven’t been able to steer Obama to the right, care to explain how we’ll be able to do it with President Romney?
It’s because of party-line Republicans like you that I re-registered as an Independent. I was sick of trying to talk sense into people who couldn’t think any farther than the GOP lever. Party-line voters are either morally bankrupt, useful idiots too lazy to think for themselves, or both.
This isn’t a case of “if my guy isn’t the nominee.” I’d vote for Rick Santorum even though I think he’s a big-government conservative. Rick Perry or Herman Cain would also get my support if they were still in the race. Hell, I might even vote for Ron Paul if I was in a particularly unusual mood.
But the father of U.S. socialized medicine? Never!
“What matters is defeating Obama. Once Romney is elected, we can help steer him to the right.”
Nope,, what *matters* is that Obamacare is repealed. Not “fixed”,,, repealed. If Romney does not sign in blood that he will sign a full repeal, no vote. Ending Obamacare and drilling are my two red lines. I am not yet convinced Romney agrees.
If we cannot make Romney steer to the right now when he will desperately need our vote,, why would he AFTER he has won? Our leverage will be gone.
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