Rechtenburg - August 4214, Sean Martin, leader of the Neoliberal Party, stepped out in front of the Neoliberal headquarters in the capital city to make an announcement. After weeks of negotiations between Johnny Park, the leader of One Mordusia, both parties are ready to announce they will be seeking a coalition. Mr. Martin had this to say about the coalition:
Mr. Park and I are pleased to announce we have reached an agreeable coalition between our two parties. The new Mordusian Alliance of the Right is a coalition to ensure the far left and socialist parties in Mordusia are kept out of power for the benefit of our people. I will not be seeking a term as President of our great nation, and I wholeheartedly support whoever Mr. Park's party runs for President. [MAR]
This coalition comes right as elections for Mordusia draw near. After the power vacuum left by the Mordusian Conservatives, parties within the Congress have been hoping for early elections, but each attempt has failed due to a lack of a quorum. The Neoliberal party, one of the newer parties in Mordusia, has been the main proponent in demanding early elections as the leaders of the party believe they can grab quite a few seats from the existing parties.
The news of the coalition has received mix feelings from members within the Neoliberal party. The Neoliberal party identifies itself as a centrist party, which takes ideas from both the left and right, but has always been staunchly against radicalism within Mordusia. When asked how a center-left Neoliberal voter felt about the new coalition, she said:
I'm uncertain about the new coalition. I became a member of the Neoliberal party when it was first founded in 4212 as I believed in its potential, but I was always a voter who disliked both the Socialist and Right parties. Mr. Park is more conservative then I would prefer. I'll have to see the other options on the table, but for now I believe in Mr. Martin's decision to form a coalition, and will vote for the One Mordusian candidate.
The Chronicle also conducted a poll with Neoliberal party voters to see what they thought of the MAR. Voters were asked which ideology they identified as, and what their opinion on the coalition was. Each ideology had equal representation in this poll:
Question: Do you approve of the new Mordusian Alliance of the Right?
31% of center-left Neoliberal voters approved, 57% disapproved, 12% had no opinion
68% of center-right Neoliberal voters approved of the coalition, 13% disapproved, 19% had no opinion
54% of the center Neoliberal voters approved of the Coalition, 42% disaproved, 4% had no opinion
Question: Will you be voting for the One Mordusian candidate for President?
55% of center-left Neoliberal voters would vote for a One Mordusian candidate, 20% would not, and 25% were undecided
89% of center-right Neoliberal voters would vote for a One Mordusian candidate, 3% would not, and 8% were undecided
62% of center Neoliberal voters would vote for a One Mordusian candidate, 16% would not, and 22% were undecided
Will the MAR be successful in the upcoming elections? It is hard to say. There are a few things to account for. The first being, the Neoliberal party has not yet been tried on the national stage, so how many votes they will receive is unknown. On top of this, even if the Neoliberal's gain a sizable amount of votes, how many will be loyal to what the Party leadership wants, and how many will simply not vote or vote for one of the other parties?