(This was the Liberal Party Primary, and this was the Conservative Party Primary.)
But this isn’t just a poll, it's a debate too. Instead of posting a boring chart or long narrative about the candidates and their party’s platform, get interactive with it. Please feel free to ask the candidates questions, and they will respond. (That is, I will respond in the character of that candidate.)
The poll/debate will be open for 10 days, re-voting (that is, changing your mind) is allowed.
(OOC: the links are to the Wikipedia pages of the real-world people or their analogy, not anything in-universe, but the in-universe doppelgangers of the real-world people are remarkably similar with regards to their personalities and ideology.)
Without further ado, ladies and gentlemen, damas y caballeros, your 2012
Confederate States of North Mexico General Election candidates...
Mike Huckabee
Liberal Party Nominee
Former Governor of Chihuahua, current political pundit and author
Center-right, friendly to the Civil Rights Act, more pro free-trade and internationalist
Rick Perry
Conservative Party Nominee
Governor of Sonora
Far-right, hostile to the Civil Rights Act, more protectionist and isolationist
(NOTE: The in-universe version is a bit more racist – or more openly racist, anyway –
than the real-world version.)
Vuelta de Villa
(NOTE: The link is to the page of the early 20th century revolutionary Pancho Villa, but Vuelta de Villa IS NOT Pancho Villa,
he’s only somebody who models himself after him, even to the point of legally changing his name to “Return of Villa.”)
National Liberation Party Nominee
Former terrorist, current chairman of the Villista National Liberation Movement
Left wing, dismantling of the white power structure, pressure for democratic change
in Mexico Proper leading to eventual reunification
And again, this isn’t just a poll, it’s also a debate, so please feel free to ask the candidates questions, and they will answer (unless you’re an obvious troll, then I’ll ignore you).
Campaign ads and statements of endorsement are also welcome.
(Keep everything in-character, please.)
So, we will now open the floor to questions and statements...