9/26/2011

AUTOCRACY VS. LIBERTARIANISM IN NEUSTERN

(Above) PROGRESS OF THE PARTIES, Gary Farrelly, Neustern.


An opinion poll commissioned by this publication indicates that a new opposition party has 30% popular support in the autonomous coastal city state of Neustern. The Libertarian Party of Neustern (NLP) was formed in May of this year and has steadily grown in popularity over the summer. 30% popularity is the highest recorded level of support for an opposition party in Neustern history and will be  seen a a direct challenge to the authority of the autocratic National Compades Party (NCP) who have ruled the state for almost three decades. The NCP has seen it's support slip by 9% to a historical low of 57%. The traditional token opposition parties have also shed support to the NLP: the conservatives, greens and workers have slipped a combined 19% and now stand at 3%, 3% and 5% respectively. Neustern has been governed by the NCP since the state was founded in 1983. NCP rule has been characterized by significant state intervention in the economic and social life of the state and comparatively high standards of living. The NLP propose a smaller government, personal freedoms, reinforced property rights and private sector innovation. The NLP have already obtained 61,000 of the 100,000 signatures necessary to force a general election. Sources at the NCP say that they take these developments very seriously and are formulating a plan of action to reinvigorate their support. 


(Above) OPINION POLLS, Gary Farrelly, Neustern.

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