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Hungary: Thousands protest demanding end to state media propaganda
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Small reminder that the Orbanified™ election rules require that the opposition win with a very large majority, or else orbans party keeps their 75%. Last election, the opposition coalition won the abolute majority of over 50% but it didnt matter. Good luck to them.
edit: hmm, apparently I misremembered, according to wikipedia at least, the opposition lost by a lot, however, I remember cries of vote manipulation and poll forcasts showing an Opposition victory, so I dont know what actually happened.
Hungary uses an odd voting system which basically gives the winning party a large majority no matter what. The reason the opposition keeps losing is because of Orban’s state propaganda, voter manipulation, and the fact that previous opposition alliances have been incompetent and unpopular. There is more hope now with the Tisza party, which is already much more popular and had a surprisingly good showing at the 2024 European Parliament elections