Tipping Point for 2/3rds: Miranda 5
The circuit most likely to bring us our 112th deputy is super-red Barlovento. Only a cataclysmic nationwide PSUV meltdown would put a place like this into play.
Politics
The Spectre of Violence Haunting 6D
How will the real chavista crazies react to bad news on Sunday night? And what, if anything, can the opposition do to defuse them?
Venezuela's Election: The Basics
On Sunday Venezuelans vote in the most momentous elections in recent memory. Here's a primer for people coming fresh to the story of 6D.
6D, meet the web. Web, this is 6D.
There are a ton of great online tools for tracking Sunday's legislative election. Here, we run through a few of the best.
Tipping Point Circuits: Yaracuy 3 and Sucre 1
Caldera's home base and the dirt poor Caribbean Beach Paradise that is Carúpano are the other circuits that could conceivably tip us over into a 3/5ths majority.
Politics, actually
6D will deeply transform Venezuela's political landscape. How? By reintroducing politics into it.
The coming transition and the politics of score-settling
With the light at the end of the tunnel getting brighter by the day, there are still plenty of ways MUD can screw up. Engaging in revenge and score-settling is one of them.
Tipping Point Circuit for 3/5th Majority: Zulia 4
Following on from our list of most likely Tipping Points for the simple majority, we turn to the 3/5th majority. Because three seats have been added to the...
A supermajority kind of sucks too, though
I have this dark vision that after the elections we’ll be making great efforts to explain —on repeat mode— to a non-believing mass that a simple majority doesn’t really suck. Or at least, that it sucks in the same way as a supermajority would.
MEPs too scared to come to Venezuela. PP calls BS on them.
Burundi, Afghanistan, Honduras and Myanmar are a-ok for Members of the European Parliament to go and witness elections. Venezuela? Why, that could be dangerous!
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