"Polls close in high-stakes Hungarian #election as #Magyar seeks to oust #Orbán"

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

"Polls close in high-stakes Hungarian #election as #Magyar seeks to oust #Orbán"

Polls close in high-stakes Hungarian election

A Tisza victory could lead to an overhaul in relations between Budapest and Brussels.

(tvpworld.com)

#Hungary #Magyarország #Europe #EU

[evoterra@podvibes.co]

@benroyce

“As voting closed at 7 pm, turnout stood at 77.8%…”

That’s amazing. Meanwhile, in this dystopian society, that’s the percentage who can’t be bothered to vote.

Here’s to changing that in 2026.

100 days before #Arizona #primates!

[johnjburnsiii@kzoo.to]

@benroyce

I hope that he loses... AND that the fallout does not become bloody.

[sidawson@mas.to]

@benroyce Ohhh, stupid English - dangerously ambiguous phrasing (especially in this particular election):

"close" as in "finished and people are no longer able to vote"?

"close" as in "they have nearly the same number of votes each"?

(I went and looked, thankfully, it's the slightly more reassuring option, but still. grr. English. lol)

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@sidawson

[p__x@mastodon.social]

@benroyce Orban conceded. Can't wait to see him f' off to the sunset

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@P__X no way

🤩

[p__x@mastodon.social]

@benroyce https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FdaQ2q3Ljg

it's gonna be interesting to watch him hoarding his money to Dubai while iranian drones are smacking into their high-rises

[asprinkleofsage@mastodon.social]

@P__X @benroyce shit you know how bad the trump era has got when im thinking 'wow orban is a class act'

[seanplynch@mastodon.social]

@benroyce

I'd like to thank Donald J Trump and JD Vance for their dedicated support in driving the final nails into Orban's coffin.

Their endorsement drove Orban's support lower and helped ensure his loss.

[knutson_brain@sfba.social]

@P__X @benroyce
I want to believe…!

[p__x@mastodon.social]

@ASprinkleofSage @benroyce he's on damage control. he'll disappear from the public and will be in this dual state of eating himself to death and sabotaging the new admin at any step of the way.

[justrobfornow@mastodon.social]

@evoterra @benroyce
In Australia that turnout would be considered disastrous & prompt an investigation into what went wrong & how to fix it.
Make voting easy, proportional & compulsory.

[p__x@mastodon.social]

@flipper @benroyce give it a few hours. orban didn't only lose. he'd likely lost to a supermajority.

[thumper1964@mindly.social]

@P__X @benroyce That surprises me. I was pretty sure he’d take a cue from the orange menace. It wouldn’t surprise me at all to read about Mr. Orange taking to Truth Social to talk about how #Orbahn shouldn’t have conceeded.