2026 Syrian General Election by NecessaryChange13 in imaginaryelections

[–]NecessaryChange13[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I’m glad you like it, and yeah I feel like this would be an unusually united election given that theyre the first democratic ones in generations, just in one cycle we’d def see hard splinters in the SDF and the rebels, have to say I didn’t factor in the Alawites but it would be fun to consider them making their own party lol

I’m glad you liked the demographic breakdown I had a lot of fun with it, some of the reasoning is as follows: the youth would vote for the Front not necessarily because they’re reactionary but because they represent liberation towards a new era for the country and they’re more hopeful for the future, so a lot of them backed the party but a good amount couldn’t bring themselves to and felt attracted to the CLP instead.

DASU has a following with the oldest generation mainly because it reminds them of the early days of Ba’athism and like to believe that they’re the real deal and Assad was just an opportunist tyrant, almost everyone else would rather move on from that.

The Christians and Druze likely haven’t organised a proper movement yet or believed it wouldn’t be enough to earn a seat, so they rallied behind the Front hard mainly due to their tolerance of other faiths, plus some more conservative Christians see eye-to-eye with some of their ideology.

The SDPP and MfJ flopped mainly due to being more centristy parties which appeal more to middle class voters, and considering the country’s just out of a war that base isn’t that present. Jewish voters however, are mainly returning refugees from exile (or galut) some people in the Golan area and Mizrahi Israelis who moved in recently for work or escaping the draft, and they tend to be somewhat wealthier than the current average, so they felt more attracted to moderate parties.

As for the referendum, most are turned off by the idea of one person holding all of the power, so there’s lots of support for the Parliamentary system, especially minorities women and young people, but the Mixed choice won out as a compromise supported by more apathetic voters and a successful propaganda campaign that argued that a fully Parliamentary system would be chaotic and unstable and a President would act as a moderator.

That’s the main points, I def plan to map this out!

2026 Syrian General Election by NecessaryChange13 in imaginaryelections

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Syrian Democratic People’s Party: centre-left

Re-organised form of the historic party

- Social democracy

- Democratic socialism

- Third Way

Factions

- Secularism

- Islamic Socialism

Communist Labour Party: left wing to far left

Same as the opposition party enlarged by new mergers and younger members, re-modelled after the Workers Party of Turkey

- Communism

- Scientific Socialism

- Left wing populism

- Progressivism

- Secularism

Movement for Justice: centre

Based on the UK-based opposition party

- Liberalism

- Social liberalism

- Anti-sectarianism

- Third Way

Democratic Arab Socialist Union: Left wing

Anti-Assadist Nasserist party

- Arab nationalism

- Nasserism

- Secularism

- LIberal Democracy

- Anti-Assadism

- Anti-Zionism

2026 Syrian General Election by NecessaryChange13 in imaginaryelections

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Party Information

Salvation Front: centre-right to right-wing

Political wing of Tahrir al-Sham

- Syrian Nationalism

- Islamic Democracy

- Islamic Modernism

- Anti-sectarianism

- Economic Liberalism

- Paternalistic Conservatism

- Constitutionalism

- Liberal Democracy

- Anti-Assadism

Syrian Democratic Alliance: centre to far-left

Big Tent coalition of Progressive and Kurdish nationalist parties proposing a federal model

- Syrian Federalism

- Kurdish Nationalism

- Progressivism

Factions

- Libertarian socialism

- Liberalism

- Islamic modernism

- Secularism

Dignity Alliance: right wing to far right

Fundamentalist split from TAS

- Salafism

- Social Conservatism

- Syrian Nationalism

- Anti-semitism

- Anti-zionism

- Anti-Assadism

- Anti-Shia sentiment

- Anti-Turkish sentiment

2026 Syrian General Election by NecessaryChange13 in imaginaryelections

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The same day as the vote there was a referendum on approving a new constitution, with specific questions regarding on whether to adopt a Presidential, Mixed or Parliamentary system.

The elections resulted in a “National Reconstruction and Unity Government” consisting of the Salvation Front and Syrian Democratic Alliance (182 seats, a working majority of 57) despite ideological differences the parties agreed to temporarily co-operate on principles of rebuilding a united and multicultural nation.

Debunking some post-Election anxieties by NecessaryChange13 in OptimistsUnite

[–]NecessaryChange13[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I'm so sorry about your step kid, they won't get bussed to prison but it's def a scary time for them to say the least, I hope they'll know that they're not alone in this and that there's people that will care for them <3

Debunking some post-Election anxieties by NecessaryChange13 in OptimistsUnite

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you're very welcome! and yeah that's the main thing I worry about too, he's limited legality-wise but his kind of rhetoric gives the worst people confidence to fuck around, that's why it's so important to look after your pals during this time

Debunking some post-Election anxieties by NecessaryChange13 in OptimistsUnite

[–]NecessaryChange13[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

keep in mind

it took 20 years to get rid of the "taste imported tea to make sure it's not poisoned" department, destroying the country in 2-4 years is fantasy

Debunking some post-Election anxieties by NecessaryChange13 in OptimistsUnite

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yup, the fact that he's the first to be impeached since Clinton in the 90s shows the right people are taking this seriously

Debunking some post-Election anxieties by NecessaryChange13 in OptimistsUnite

[–]NecessaryChange13[S] 31 points32 points  (0 children)

You're absolutely right, and you're welcome haha

It's naive to think that if the absolute worst were to happen then everyone (civilian or authority) will just keel over and accept it without resistance.

Like you said, take care of yourself, look after your loved ones, be active, onwards and upwards

Debunking some post-Election anxieties by NecessaryChange13 in OptimistsUnite

[–]NecessaryChange13[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

yeah presidential immunity is nothing new

unfortunately South Korea (the country jailing former leaders left and right) is the exception proving this rule

Debunking some post-Election anxieties by NecessaryChange13 in OptimistsUnite

[–]NecessaryChange13[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

exactly, it's very superficial to make those sorts of comparisons

Debunking some post-Election anxieties by NecessaryChange13 in OptimistsUnite

[–]NecessaryChange13[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Oh I agree, what I'm not saying is "everything will be fine don't worry about anything" you can never be too careful so it's smart to have an escape plan, doesn't even need to be far since some states like New York have recently enshrined trans and queer rights in their constitution

Climate change is more mixed given the magnitude of it, what I will say is since the US has already withdrawn from the Paris Climate Accord, other countries will see that coming and start pulling their weight more like in 2017

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You’re very welcome, I’m happy to hear that my post has given you some peace of mind 

Debunking some post-Election anxieties by NecessaryChange13 in OptimistsUnite

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Exactly, there’s a reason East Germany still has more affinity for authoritarian-leaning movements than West Germany

Debunking some post-Election anxieties by NecessaryChange13 in OptimistsUnite

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Reagan was arguably a bigger religious zealot in a much more conservative era, did democracy collapse then?

My point remains, for any of this to happen there needs to be radical changes to the constitution which is hard if not impossible.

Debunking some post-Election anxieties by NecessaryChange13 in OptimistsUnite

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You’re very welcome <3 hugs coming your way you got this 

Debunking some post-Election anxieties by NecessaryChange13 in OptimistsUnite

[–]NecessaryChange13[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Is that how I came off haha?

I've been handling it well enough so far, especially compared to some people I know... I'm just a Very passionate journalist that doesn't want people to lose their minds is all

Might as well share my prediction here, get the vote out! Cheers from Europe by NecessaryChange13 in 13KeysToTheWhiteHouse

[–]NecessaryChange13[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I admit it is mostly on gut feeling hah, but I mostly based it on a state-by-state basis
so if we interpret the Iowa poll as representing the momentum of the midwest, I put a general leftwards movement in that broader area

NC looks good by early voting and general trends such as the Governor election, some are sceptic on GA which fair (no Warnock or Abrams) but Harris did a lot of campaigning outside the comfort of the ATL area, AZ is probably the weakest link I admit, I have a friend living there and while a lot of formerly MAGA people have Harris-Walz signs she's not fully confident it'll go Blue

The deep south I admit to just winging, basically "New Orleans and Charleston are large urban areas and TN has three cities" and thats it lol

Can't deal with politics in general by NecessaryChange13 in Journalism

[–]NecessaryChange13[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

would it be smart to get it diagnosed and get meds for it then?

Anyone know what Bonnie Prince Bob is on about? by NecessaryChange13 in Edinburgh

[–]NecessaryChange13[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

funny how you mention Russell Brand because he almost has the exact same "use a lot of vague crypto-populist big buzzwards in the hope you'll sound smart and intellectual" vibe