Exit polling released after voting centers began to close Sunday evening showed opposition candidate Edmundo González taking 65 percent of the vote, more than doubling Maduro’s 31 percent, Edison Research reported. Venezuelans were waiting for official results.

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    4 months ago

    Isn’t the opposition conservative? If so, doubt it will be good for the people. I don’t know too much about the politics of Venezuela specifically, but I’ve never seen a conservative government benefit anyone but the rich long term.

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      4 months ago

      The party and the candidate do not seem to be conservative.

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        4 months ago

        In recent posts about Venezuela, I’ve noticed that anyone to the right of Pol Pot is considered conservative.

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      4 months ago

      They are opposing a fake ass “socialist” tyrant so I guess they could be considered conservative in that way?

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        4 months ago

        I mean, they seem to be for open markets and pro-Zionist, also more for Christians than indigenous, and against Chavez, who helped a lot of the poor in Venezuela. So far, she’s looking pretty conservative but I’m learning as I go along.