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The Danubian Election of 1876 | ||||
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1876 | ||||
Turnout | 63% | |||
Nominee | Aetios Spiros | Nicolò Donato | Charles Jakopin | |
Party | Radical Union of the Federation | Danubian Patriotic Union | All-Danubian Conservative Party | |
Alliance | FDP
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Home state | Crete | Cisalpina | Slovenia | |
Running mate | None | None | None | |
Popular vote | 10,727,792 | 4,597,994 | 0 | |
Percentage | 70% | 30% | ||
President before election
Aetios Spiros Radical Union of the Federation
President
Aetios Spiros Radical Union of the Federation |
The Candidates[]
National Reform Union
Nominee: Aetios Spiros
- Pro-Military
- Secularism
- Interventionism
- Free-trade
- Full Citizenship
Danubian Patriotic Union
Nominee: Nicolò Donato
- Pro-Military
- Pluralism
- Interventionism
- Free Trade
- Limited Citizenship
All-Danubian Conservative Party
Nominee: Charles Jakopin
- Pro-Military
- Secularism
- Interventionism
- Free Trade
- Full-Citizenship
The Results[]
The elections of 1876 were a mess. For the first time in Federal history since it became mandatory to place nominees for the Vice-Presidency on the ballot, not one major party announced their candidate’s running mate in advance of election. Worse, no party published a manifesto outlining their policies beyond the briefest and vaguest of words, between which there was little difference in the four main candidate’s views; such was the similarity that two candidates dropped out to endorse their rivals, leaving just the President and his DPU opponent, Donato, in the race - the press hardly stirred. On the day, Spiros held his office, taking 70% of the vote, in the process becoming the first President to be legally barred from running again; yet, his victory was merely thanks to his success at not losing – if politicians were apathetic towards the voters, the voters positively hated their overlords.
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