|
Welcome to the International Skeptics Forum, where we discuss skepticism, critical thinking, the paranormal and science in a friendly but lively way. You are currently viewing the forum as a guest, which means you are missing out on discussing matters that are of interest to you. Please consider registering so you can gain full use of the forum features and interact with other Members. Registration is simple, fast and free! Click here to register today. |
28th January 2018, 06:55 PM | #1 |
Illuminator
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Posts: 4,948
|
Finland re-elected it's president
So, Sunday was election night here in Finland, and as expected, the president was elected for a second term, and straight in the first round of voting too.
For a candidate to be elected president in the first round of voting, he/she must receive more than 50% of the vote; if not, then there's a second round that will have two candidates, the winner of the first round, and the one that placed second. In these times of.... questionable leadership in many places, it seems that here in Finland, the vast majority of people were at least content with the way the President had conducted himself on his first term, and a majority liked him well enough to vote for him again - Niinistö won with 62,7% of the vote - there were eight presidential candidates, with second place receiving 12,4% of the vote. This makes him the most popular president in recent history. I bet Trump would be jealous of those numbers. Now I'm wondering why I didn't place a bet that Niinistö would win a second term - the odds offered were pretty poor (something like 1.3), but it was such a certain deal that if I'd thought about it more carefully, I'd have put a thousand euros down, and made three hundred. I do think I'm going to place a bet, as soon as I can, that the second placed candidate (Pekka Haavisto) will be the next president after Niinistö's second term - and I wouldn't be sad at that outcome; we'd get our first openly gay president in Haavisto, though that is incidental. I tend to agree with Haavisto on most issues. On a side-note, I ended up taking one of the losing candidates home from his party headquarters, late in the evening. (I drive the taxi here in Helsinki) Interesting night. |
29th January 2018, 02:06 PM | #2 |
Penultimate Amazing
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Sacramento
Posts: 60,375
|
"Finland, Finland, Finland,
The country where I want to be, Pony trekking or camping, Or just watching TV, Finland, Finland, Finland, It's the country for me. You're so near to Russia, So far from Japan, Quite a long way from Cairo, Lots of miles from Vietnam."........ |
__________________
Pacifism is a shifty doctrine under which a man accepts the benefits of the social group without being willing to pay - and claims a halo for his dishonesty. Robert Heinlein. |
|
29th January 2018, 02:10 PM | #3 |
Critical Thinker
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 271
|
Finland is president of what? The UN?
|
29th January 2018, 02:36 PM | #4 | |||
Illuminator
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Posts: 4,948
|
Almost forgot about that one!
Happy to report too that when the extreme right wing seems to be on the rise in many places, in our elections, the far right candidate (and Trump fan) Laura Huhtasaari got only 6,9% of the vote. |
|||
29th January 2018, 05:50 PM | #5 |
Penultimate Amazing
Join Date: Apr 2015
Posts: 34,989
|
Yes, I voted for Niinisto. Comes from Salo.
|
__________________
who claims the soulless Who speaks for the forgotten dead ~ Danzig |
|
29th January 2018, 05:51 PM | #6 |
Penultimate Amazing
Join Date: Apr 2015
Posts: 34,989
|
|
__________________
who claims the soulless Who speaks for the forgotten dead ~ Danzig |
|
29th January 2018, 06:51 PM | #7 |
Penultimate Amazing
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Port Townsend, Washington
Posts: 39,057
|
Disappointing. I'd have been quite willing to send you ours.
|
__________________
Cum catapultae proscribeantur tum soli proscripti catapultas habeant. |
|
30th January 2018, 09:50 AM | #8 |
Illuminator
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Istanbul...again
Posts: 3,103
|
And I would be willing to send the President from here as well.
|
__________________
"... no man wants his obituary to mention a pig." --phiwum “Limp Bizkit did nothing wrong.”- Chalkman Last edited by FenerFan; 30th January 2018 at 11:11 AM. Reason: Deleting a lame joke about the misuse of the definite article. |
|
30th January 2018, 10:28 AM | #9 |
Bandaged ice that stampedes inexpensively through a scribbled morning waving necessary ankles
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Cair Paravel, according to XKCD
Posts: 34,249
|
|
__________________
There is truth and there are lies. - President Joseph R. Biden, January 20th, 2021 |
|
31st January 2018, 09:58 AM | #10 |
Critical Thinker
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 271
|
|
Thread Tools | |
|
|