• absquatulate@lemmy.world
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    27 days ago

    It’s really more shocking to the media, who essentially ignored the guy because he was always trailing in polls. They all had him at 5% and then he suddenly shot up to 16% in exit polls and 23% in actual votes.

    The running theory is that the main party artificially boosted him through their votes to have an easier go in round 2 ( “vote for our candidate, not the extremist” ) and it backfired because they underestimated tiktoks ability to brainwash people.

    • iii@mander.xyz
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      27 days ago

      Polls in many European countries seem to be off. Some people are afraid to speak freely, it seems. That’s a sad development.