World Leaders Survivor Redux - Organisation Thread

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In round 41, you may vote one full vote for one leader, or two half votes for two leaders.

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The fortieth round has completed, with two eliminated leaders:

Group A

Rafael Correa, Ecuador: 13 votes
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Nikola Gruevski, Macedonia: 2 votes
Lee Myung-Bak, Korea, South: 1 vote
Lars Lokke Rasmussen, Denmark: 1 vote
Jose Socrates, Portugal: 1 vote
Baldwin Spencer, Antigua and Barbuda: 1 vote

Group B

Brian Cowen, Ireland: 8 votes
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Dmitris Cristofias, Cyprus: 3 votes
Valdas Adamkus, Lithuania: 1 vote
Angela Merkel, Germany: 1 vote
Mohamed Nasheed, Maldives: 1 vote
Donald Tusk, Poland: 1 vote

There is a mistake in your count: Socrates had 2 votes.

You're right; i've fixed it now. I normally double check, but because it was a blowout I didn't bother. Thanks for catching the slip-up!

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The forty-first round has completed, with two eliminated leaders:

Group A

Lee Myung-Bak, Korea, South: 6 votes
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Jose Socrates, Portugal: 5.5 votes
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberia: 1.5 votes
Nikola Gruevski, Macedonia: 1 vote
Baldwin Spencer, Antigua and Barbuda: 1 vote
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil: 0.5 votes

Group B

Dmitris Cristofias, Cyprus: 5.5 votes
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Angela Merkel, Germany: 4 votes
Valdas Adamkus, Lithuania: 2 votes
Mirko Cvetkovic, Serbia: 1.5 votes
Mohamed Nasheed, Maldives: 1.5 votes
Donald Tusk, Poland: 1 vote
Fernando Lugo, Paraguay: 0.5 votes

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The forty-second round has completed, with two eliminated leaders:

Group A

Jose Socrates, Portugal: 5 votes
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Nikola Gruevski, Macedonia: 4 votes
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberia: 1 vote
Jean-Claude Juncker, Luxembourg: 1 vote
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil: 1 vote

Group B

Fernando Lugo, Paraguay: 6 votes
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Kevin Rudd, Australia: 2 votes
Valdas Adamkus, Lithuania: 1 vote
Jan Fischer, Czech Republic: 1 vote
John Key, New Zealand: 1 vote
Angela Merkel, Germany: 1 vote
Donald Tusk, Poland: 1 vote

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Sorry guys, what was meant to be an exceptionally short round became an exceptionally long one due to real-life circumstances. I'll fix it all up now.

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The forty-third round has completed, with two eliminated leaders:

Group A

Jean-Claude Juncker, Luxembourg: 9 votes
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Nikola Gruevski, Macedonia: 5 votes
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberia: 1 vote
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil: 1 vote
Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Spain: 1 vote

Group B

Valdas Adamkus, Lithuania: 7 votes
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Angela Merkel, Germany: 4 votes
Donald Tusk, Poland: 3 votes
Kevin Rudd, Australia: 1 vote
Tillman Thomas, Greneda: 1 vote

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The forty-fourth round has completed, with two eliminated leaders:

Group A

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil: 12 votes
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Nikola Gruevski, Macedonia: 5 votes
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberia: 2 votes
Lars Lokke Rasmussen, Denmark: 1 vote

Group B

Ian Khama, Botswana: 5 votes
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Tillman Thomas, Greneda: 4 votes
Angela Merkel, Germany: 1 vote
Bohut Pahor, Slovenia: 1 vote

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The forty-fifth round has completed, with two eliminated leaders:

Group A

Nikola Gruevski, Macedonia: 5 votes
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Baldwin Spencer, Antigua and Barbuda: 3 votes
Dean Barrow, Belize: 1 vote
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberia: 1 vote
Lars Lokke Rasmussen, Denmark: 1 vote

Group B

Tillman Thomas, Grenada: 9 votes
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Angela Merkel, Germany: 3 votes
Donald Tusk, Poland: 2 votes

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The forty-sixth round has completed, with two eliminated leaders:

Group A

Baldwin Spencer, Antigua and Barbuda: 3.5 votes
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Lawrence Gonzi, Malta: 3 votes
Dean Barrow, Belize: 2 votes
Barack Obama, United States of America: 2 votes
Werner Faymann, Austria: 1 vote

Group B

Jan Fischer, Czech Republic: 7 votes
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John Key, New Zealand: 1 vote
Angela Merkel, Germany: 1 vote
Kevin Rudd, Australia: 1 vote
Donald Tusk, Poland:  vote

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I broke a tie, favouring Malta. There are more Maltese people living in Australia than in Malta, fwiw.

Also, don't do a search for "Jan Fischer" on google with safe search turned off. Crazy czech internet activists

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Well.

What a round. I've unexpectedly been without computer access for a couple of days, and this is what I come back to

I want to make three things clear:

1. What happened was completely within the rules;
2. What happened could have been reciprocated;
3. What happened was probably immoral.

I'm not going to take any action,. but I will suggest that this has been the first round in a long time in which both groups have had over 20 votes, and that is a good thing. At the same time, many of those votes were the equivalent of cook county corpses, and that isn't.

I'd like to see these 'call-ins' vote more often - not because they're particularly good voters, but becausae if they actually hang around they might not be as hackish. Someone getting a PM and thinking, "There's a leftist Latin American still in? Well, damn. OK, I'll vote them out" is not how a vote should be decided.

I encourage those who voted for the first time this round, or maybe got called in for Lula, or Morales, or whoever else, to get more involved over the long term. I also remind the left of the early departures of Harper, Sarkozy, Calderon, Berlusconi...

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The forty-seventh round has completed, with two eliminated leaders:

Group A

Barack Obama, United States of America: 12 votes
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Lawrence Gonzi, Malta: 8 votes
Werner Faymann, Austria: 5 votes
Xanana Gusmao, Timor Leste: 1 vote - Discounted
Jens Stoltenberg, Normay: 1 vote
Tabare Vazquez, Uruguay: 1 vote

Group B

Michelle Bachelet, Chile: 9 votes
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Angela Merkel, Germany: 5 votes
Traian Basescu, Romania: 3 votes
John Key, New Zealand: 3 votes
John Atta Mills, Ghana: 3 votes
Kevin Rudd, Australia: 1 vote

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That Obama was voted out this early is probably more than a little ridiculous. Quite possibly hackish. If I were to vote, it wouldn't have been against Obama.

At the same time, in the original survivor, I lead and suceeded in a push to remove GWBush very, very early in the game, and that was probably ridiculous and hackish also.

What goes around comes around, and the game will continue - and will still be fun.

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Well, yes, i'd've voted to oust Berlusconi when he was ousted to, but...I needed more examples

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The forty-eighth round has completed, with two eliminated leaders:

Group A

Lawrence Gonzi, Malta: 9 votes
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Werner Faymann, Austria: 4 votes
Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Spain: 3 votes

Group B

John Atta Mills, Ghana: 7 votes
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Angela Merkel, Germany: 6 votes
Mohamed Nasheed, Maldives: 1 vote
Donald Tusk, Poland: 1 vote

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Round 49 will be the final round of stage two, before we enter the finals series. It is also my last chance to make you all go 'Huh?', and I'm taking it with both hands.

In this round, you will have two votes: 1 to save, the other to eliminate.

For example, you might vote in Group A:

Save: Vasquez
Eliminate: Barrow

...or whatever.

If there are three other voters, and they vote this way:

Save: Stoltenberg
Eliminate: Vasquez

Save: Vasquez
Eliminate: Barrow

Save: Vasquez
Eliminate: Faymann

The final tally would be

Barrow: 2
Faymann: 1

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The second stage and the forty-ninth round have completed, with two eliminated leaders:

Group A

Werner Faymann, Austria: net +4 votes
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Xanana Gusmao, Timor Leste: net +2 votes

Group B

Traian Basescu, Romania: net +3 votes
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Donald Tusk, Poland: net +2 votes

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The Finalists

Australia - Kevin Rudd


Australia's 26th Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd was elected as Leader of the Labor Party in December 2006 before a strong election win against the ruling Coalition government in November 2007. Since taking office, he has maintained high approval ratings, and has worked to improve homelessness and indigenous disequality, as well as aiming for better relations with Aisan countries. A Sinophile, Rudd has been criticised for his handling of the economic crisis by the opposition, as well as potential corruption in the 'utegate' scandal. Environmentalists have also been disappointed by the limited nature of the government's environmental reforms, but were pleased when Australia ratified the Kyoto agreement immediately upon Rudd's election; and many leftists are disappointed by his perosnal refusal to consider same-sex marriage in Australia. Despite these areas of concern, his popular numbers remain high, and his government is widely expected to be re-elected at the next election.

Belize - Dean Barrow


Dean Barrow, the 4th Belizean Prime Minister, was elected in February 2008 after his United Democratic Party had been in opposition for nine and a half years. Throughout this time, he was the leader of the opposition. Most famous for being the father of rapper Jamal "Shyne" Barrow, currently in gaol in New York state for murder, he is also the first black PM of the country and has plans to implement a strong reformist agenda. A senior lawyer by trade, Barrow still often fronts courts for important cases for his firm, Barrow and Williams.

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Costa Rica - Oscar Arias


1987 Nobel Peace Prize winner and Costa Rican President since 2006, Oscar Arias also served as President 1986-1990. As leader of the leftist National Liberation Party, Arias successfully challenged the constitution to allow him to serve a second term. An internationalist, Arias serves on the board of the International Criminal Court's Trust Fund for Victims. Criticised and applauded for his approach to Latin American unity, Arias is currently seen as a potential dealbroker in the Honduran coup crisis.

Denmark - Lars Lokke Rasmussen


Ascending to the Prime Ministership of Denmark following the resignation of longtime leader Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Rasmussen (no relation) took office and the leadership of the center-right liberal Venstre party in April 2009. As Finance Minister before ascension, he led a push to make Banks accountable for stabilisation money received in response to the credit crisis. Moderately popular, he is yet to be genuinely tested in the role.

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Well, it seems nobody isinterested in the bios, so i'm just going to launch stage three.

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I might do it for the final five, when the votes flip over to approval votes.

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The bios are dead for now, but thanks for the nice words.
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The fiftieth round has completed, and the following leader has been voted off:

Dean Barrow, Belize: 10 votes
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Angela Merkel, Germany: 3 votes
Donald Tusk, Poland: 2 votes
Lars Lokke Rasmussen, Denmark: 1 vote

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The fifty-first round has completed, and the following leader has been voted off:

Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Spain: 12 votes
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Angela Merkel, Germany: 6 votes
Donald Tusk, Poland: 1 vote

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The fifty-second round has completed, and the following leader has been voted off:

Kevin Rudd, Australia: 6.5 votes
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Angela Merkel, Germany: 6 votes
Xanana Gusmao, Timor Leste: 1 vote
Lars Lokke Rasmussen, Denmark: 1 vote
Donald Tusk, Poland: 1 vote

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Real life concerns are keeping me exceptionally busy atm., so the hours will be irregular for the next few rounds.

Also, I broke a tie, kicking out Rudd. I'd much rather've kicked out at least two of the 1-vote getters, because neither Rudd nor Merkel should be kicked out yet in my opinion.

I chose to get rid of Rudd because he's a slimy linguist. Not his policies or actions, his responses or accusations, but he abuses language. Silly I know - but not as silly as having to chose between him and Merkel.