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“The people went out to vote yesterday and there are the results, one of the greatest victories in 26 years of the Bolivarian Revolution. A new cycle of more work, of self-demand, we have achieved the path, we have the Seven Transformations Plan (T7) to advance in seven work fronts, which is already being developed, it is not that we are inventing it”, highlighted the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro Moros.

The Venezuelan President emphasized that this new stage will be called “the Acceleration Stage of the New Epoch of Transition to Venezuelan Socialism”, which seeks to deepen the cultural, political, civilizational and economic development of the country. Likewise, he assured that the Bolivarian Government has a defined plan, the necessary resources and the support of the people to achieve a flourishing unprecedented in the history of the nation.

Likewise, he pointed out that the vote in the elections of May 25, 2025 represents a conscious expression of the Venezuelan people in favor of peace, which reaffirms the citizens' commitment with the stability and future of the country. At the same time, he highlighted the fragmentation of the opposition at the regional level, which evidenced its lack of cohesion and leadership.

On her part, the First Lady of the Republic, Cilia Flores de Maduro, celebrated the election day, declaring that “this victory is a victory for Venezuela”. She also highlighted the massive mobilization of social movements and Venezuelan women, who expressed their rejection to the attempts to generate violence in the country. He emphasized that the confidence in the institutions and in the Head of State is based on the transfer of power to the people, which allows the Communes and Communal Circuits to elect their leaders and execute projects.

Likewise, the person in charge of the Electoral Machinery and Defense of the Vote of the Ven25+ Campaign Command, Diosdado Cabello, reaffirmed that the Venezuelan people went to the polls in search of peace and tranquility, while recalling that in the elections of July 28, 2024, sectors of the extreme right revealed their true intentions to attain power by force and disregard the will of the people.

Cabello added that, thanks to information obtained from different sources, it was possible to reconstruct the panorama of the actions that the extreme right wing planned to affect the development of this Sunday's elections and stressed that the extreme right wing does not value the democratic process and has repeatedly demonstrated its inclination towards violence to undermine the Bolivarian Constitution.

Finally, the head of the Ven25+ campaign command, Jorge Rodríguez, highlighted the success of the election day. “There is no way to hide such triumph”, he stressed while revealing that citizen participation increased by one million 300 thousand votes compared to the regional elections of 2021, which shows the resounding support of the people to the Revolution.

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[-] [email protected] 44 points 5 days ago

Now do western liberal democracies. What is voter turnout like there and what percentage of votes do winning parties typically get? Here i'll start you off:

US turnout is typically around 30% and winning parties hover around 50% plus minus a few points, that means only 15% of the eligible voters (which is not even all adults) ever support the government.

In Germany we had record turnout of 80% (usually it's lower) but the winning party didn't even get 30%, and now they are polling even below 25%. This means that in the best case of a record turnout election less than 24% of the eligible voters support the winning party.

None of our parties here could win 80% of the votes even if our turnout was only 40%. By the standard of liberal democracies Maduro is genuinely popular. Don't be a hypocrite. If you're gonna do math compare it properly.

If the opposition wants to boycot the vote that is their choice, but it doesn't invalidate the democratic mandate that Maduro has. It just shows that they know they are not popular and are afraid to be seen losing if they actually participate.

Instead they engage in underhanded plots to try and sabotage the elections, and collaborate with foreign powers to sanction Venezuela, make its people miserable, and try to overthrow its elected government. No wonder they are unpopular.

[-] [email protected] 20 points 4 days ago

If the opposition wants to boycot the vote that is their choice, but it doesn't invalidate the democratic mandate that Maduro has. It just shows that they know they are not popular and are afraid to be seen losing if they actually participate.

They tried the Guaido tactic AGAIN?!

fucking liberals

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