Talk:2019 Namibian general election
Latest comment: 4 years ago by Number 57 in topic No blank or invalid vote?
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" SWAPO's Hage Geingob is widely expected to win a second term in office."
editI would recommend to show a bit more balance view, as many sources speak about a tight race, e.g. [1] [2] , especially based on the special voting day (e.g. [3] and the lack of independent opinion polls) --Chtrede (talk) 11:00, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
- Rather than this being stated in the text in Wikipedia's voice, there should be a table of opinion polls. Number 57 13:05, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
- see before: No opinion polls in Namibia --Chtrede (talk) 14:17, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
- I have yet to find one source (or one person on the ground) that would not be surprised if Geingob lost today, and I think that's what "widely expected to win" means. Even the often repeated "neck-on-neck" statement about the special vote needs to be seen in context, it was a win in five constituencies. Now I'm not sure if every constituency provided the opportunity to vote early but it was for sure more than five or ten.
- I'm all in for a statement that these elections are contested, as opposed to all other elections since 1989. I wasn't sure about the wording, that's why it is not there yet. Cheers, Pgallert (talk) 06:01, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
- "I have yet to find one source (or one person on the ground) that would not be surprised if Geingob lost today," Try Reuters ([4]) or The Namibian ([5]). --Chtrede (talk) 15:10, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
- Neither source says that Geingob might not win. After all, his last result was 87% of the vote. "Unexpectedly tough" (Reuters, emphasis mine) and "could reduce Geingob's vote share" (Namibian) are not exactly confident expressions of him losing his seat. Cheers, Pgallert (talk) 08:44, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
- "I have yet to find one source (or one person on the ground) that would not be surprised if Geingob lost today," Try Reuters ([4]) or The Namibian ([5]). --Chtrede (talk) 15:10, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
Two pages
editShouldn't there be separate pages for the presidential and general election? They are two separate elections that happen to be held on the same day. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.239.220.249 (talk) 07:50, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
No blank or invalid vote?
editThere were seriously not even a single blank or invalid vote out of hundreds of thousands of voters? Isn't that just preliminary results? --Aréat (talk) 23:44, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
- @Aréat: I assume because of the electronic voting, invalid votes are impossible? Number 57 08:32, 3 December 2019 (UTC)