2020 New York General Election (closed)

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New York is due to have an election in 2020, 4 years after its last one in 2016. Currently, all 10 registered parties are running, fielding candidates for the House of Representatives and for President. IRV is used to elect the 250 members of the HoR, which means that candidates must receive at least 50.1% of the vote to be elected. Some major issues in this election are: how to protect New Yorks environment and make it a mostly green economy, how to deal with homelessness and poverty and how to deal with funding of the police. (OOC: this is for an IC, alt-history New York, not the Irl state one. You can also ask questions if you have any to candidates and parties. More information will be posted later.) The Democratic Party is the currently governing party, and has a majority in the HoR, though it is willing to form a coalition with the Working Families Party, Independence Party and Women's Equality Party. The Republican Party is the official opposition.


Democratic Party
Ideologies: Social Liberalism, Modern Liberalism, Social Democracy, Centre-left to Left-wing
Leader: Andrew Cuomo
Leader's Seat: Queens-Astoria
Seats in the HoR: 143/250
International Affiliation: Progressive Alliance

Working Families Party
Ideologies: Social Democracy, Democratic Socialism, Progressivism, Left-wing
Leader: Bill Lipton
Leader's Seat: Brooklyn Southwest
Seats in the HoR: 4/250
International Affiliation: Socialist International

Independence Party
Ideologies: Populism, Centrism, Big Tent Politics, Centre to Centre-right
Leader: Fred Thiele
Leader's Seat: Suffolk South
Seats in the HoR: 2/250
International Affiliation: None

Women's Equality Party
Ideologies: Feminism, Women's Rights, Progressivism, Centre-left
Leader: Susan Zimet
Leader's Seat: Harlem
Seats in the HoR: 3/250
International Affiliation: Progressive Alliance

Republican Party
Ideologies: Conservatism, Centrism, Green Conservatism, Centre to Centre-right
Leader: Marc Molinaro
Leader's Seat: Dutchess North
Seats in the HoR: 81/250
International Affiliation: International Democrat Union

Conservative Party
Ideologies: Conservatism, Fiscal Conservatism, Social Conservatism, Right-wing
Leader: Gerard Kasser
Leader's Seat: St.Lawrence
Seats in the HoR: 10/250
International Affiliation: International Democrat Union

Reform Party
Ideologies: Reformism, Centrism, Populism, Centre
Leader: Bill Merrell
Leader's Seat: Nassau Southeast (lost)
Seats in the HoR: 0/250
international Affiliation: None

Green Party
Ideologies: Green Politics, Eco-Socialism, Anti-Capitalism, Left-wing
Leader: Howie Hawkins
Leader's Seat: Manhattan North-Harlem
Seats in the HoR: 4/250
International Affiliation: Global Greens

Libertarian Party
Ideologies: Libertarianism, Laissez-Faire, Cultural Liberalism, Fiscal: Right-wing, Social: Centre-left to Left-wing
Leader: Larry Sharpe
Leader's Seat: Franklin North
Seats in the HoR: 3/250
International Affiliation: International Alliance of Libertarian Parties

Serve New York Movement
Ideologies: Social Liberalism, Liberal Conservatism, Neoconservatism, Big Tent (de facto), Centre to Centre-right (de jure)
Leader: Stephanie Miner
Leader's Seat: Syracuse Northeast (lost)
Seats in the HoR: 0/250
International Affiliation: Liberal International, International Democrat union

[The Huterric Union]

The Huterric Government, under the current Huterric Freedom Party (democratic socialist) government, officially endorse either the Democratic Party or Working Families Party. Certain factions within our government also endorse a Green Party win.

President Barbara Chapman sends these parties her best wishes and trusts that no matter what happens in this election, they will go on to do good things

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The Huterric Government, under the current Huterric Freedom Party (democratic socialist) government, officially endorse either the Democratic Party or Working Families Party. Certain factions within our government also endorse a Green Party win.

President Barbara Chapman sends these parties her best wishes and trusts that no matter what happens in this election, they will go on to do good things

The Democratic Party and the Working Families Party thanks the Huterric Freedom Party for endorsing them, and the Green Party also welcomes the support.

[Pulsroth]

The parliamentarians of the Pulsrothi 21st Century Meritocrats, as well as the party's leader, Lady Laura Hickling, are happy to endorse Marc Molinaro's Republican Party for the upcoming election.

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The parliamentarians of the Pulsrothi 21st Century Meritocrats, as well as the party's leader, Lady Laura Hickling, are happy to endorse Marc Molinaro's Republican Party for the upcoming election.

The Republican Party thanks the endorsement of the Pulsrothi 21st Century Democrats, and will also support them in any upcoming elections.

[Gondwana island]

The Gondwana island(both of them) governments under the moderate party leadership of prime minster dingo endorses the working families party and the Green Party.
Both leaders of Gondwana island wish both sides good luck.

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Parties have officially released platforms.


Name: Andrew Cuomo
Leader of: Democratic Party
Positions: President of New York, Representative

End fossil fuel subsidies, invest in renewable energy and public transport, close the wealth gap by increasing taxes on rich and lowering on the poor, decrease housing prices by 30%, defund police and cut funding by 50%, along with giving increased funding to rehabilitation clinics.

Name: Bill Lipton
Leader of: Working Families Party
Positions: Representative, Trade unionist

End fossil fuel subsidies and relocate fossil fuel workers, create a government run company to create a green economy by 2030, which will also create renewable energy and public transport and more jobs, increase taxes on rich by 40% and slash all taxes on the poor by 50%, decrease housing prices by 40% and ban evictions, defund police and cut funding by 55% along with creating more rehabilitation clinics.

Name: Fred Thiele
Leader of: Independence Party
Positions: Representative, financer

Slash fossil fuel subsidies by 65%, invest in renewable energy and public transport, continue current taxation with moderate increases on rich, and decreases on the poor, maintain current housing market with lower rates and less power to landlords, maintain current police funding and rehabilitation clinic funding.

Name: Susan Zimet
Leader of: Women's Equality Party
Positions: Representative, women's rights activist

End nearly all fossil fuel subsidies while making sure it leaves no one unemployed, invest in renewable energy and public transport, increase taxes on rich by 20% while decreasing taxes on the poor by 30%, decrease housing prices by 35% and beginning an affirmative action plan to include more women as landlords, slash police funding by 50% while making sure that minorities are not oppressed by them, and give increased funding to rehabilitation clinics.

Name: Marc Molinaro
Leader of: Republican Party
Positions: Representative, County Executive of Dutchess

End fossil fuel subsidies by 2025, while slowly decreasing them, invest in renewable energy and public transport, slowly increase taxes on rich until regular taxing rate is 25%, while slowly decreasing taxes on poor until taxing rate is 20%, maintain current housing market while giving slightly less power to landlords while getting rid of evictions, maintain current police funding and give less funding to rehabilitation clinics.

Name: Gerard Kassar
Leader of: Conservative Party
Positions: Representative, member of County Council of St.Lawrence

Retain current subsidies to fossil fuel companies while slightly increasing them, make 15% of the economy ''green'', decrease taxes on rich and create flat tax system, maintain current housing market while giving more freedom to landlords to make decisions, increase police funding by 30% and slash funding to rehabilitation clinics.

Name: Bill Merell
Leader of: Reform Party
Positions: Member of City Council Brooklyn, Electoral reform activist

Reform electoral system, end fossil fuel subsidies by 2025, invest in renewable energy and public transport, maintain current taxation system while moderately increasing taxes on rich and decreasing on poor, reform housing system and give less power to landlords, reform prison and police system while giving increased funds to rehabilitation clinics.

Name: Howie Hawkins
Leader of: Green Party
Positions: Representative, Labor rights activist and environmental activist

End corporate rule and transition to a socialist run economy, create a nationalized company that will create renewable energy and fund public transport, along with creating a completely green economy by 2030, raise taxes on rich persons by 60% (and be 60% of their income) to make them equal, and drop taxes on poor people to 5% of their income, make housing system nationalized and strip away power from landlords and end evictions, cut police funding by 75% and give large funds to rehabilitative justice.

Name: Larry Sharpe
Leader of: Libertarian Party
Positions: Representative, business consultant

Give increased powers to private companies to determine their environmental impact, let companies decide whether to sponsor renewable energy and public transport or not, decrease all taxes and create a flat tax system, give increased power to landlords to determine whether they should evict someone or not and privatize the housing industry, drop police funding and give companies the opportunity to sponsor them and end funding to rehabilitative justice.

Name: Stephanie Miner
Leader of: Serve New York Movement
Positions: Former mayor of Syracuse,

End most fossil fuel subsidies by 2025, invest in renewable energy and public transport, maintain current taxation system, maintain current housing system, maintain current police funding while giving increased funding to rehabilitative justice.

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Seeing as all parties have released their platforms, and you don't agree with something that a party said bu you have already voted for them, then feel free to change your vote.

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exit polls for the election have been done for the election, and this is shaping up to be a very interesting result. the Democratic Party is expected to lose a large amount of their seats, and lose government. the Working Families Party is expected to become the largest party in the HoR, capitalizing off of their sleek and efficient campaigning. the Republican Party is also expected to make some decent gains, along with many parties in the opposition. some more good news is that the Reform Party and the Serve New York Movement are expected to enter the HoR for the first time, and are polling above the threshold in a few constituencies. not so good news however for the Women's Equality Party, polling very low during the campaign and is expected to lose at least one seat.

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alright, it is official. the results have been counted and will be released shortly.