Where Voting Matters

Tyler Holland
Mr. Roddy
IHSS

Madagascar Presidential Election

The Madagascar elections are held using a two round voting system. If one candidate has the majority of total votes by the end of the first round there will be no second round and he will be elected president. If no one has the majority of the votes, then they will move on to the second round of voting and whoever has the most votes will be elected. This year, the voting will take place on November 7th, and December 19th. Some noteworthy candidates (out of the 36) include four of the past five former presidents of Madagascar, one of whom resigned in 2009 because he was involved in a political scandal involving a coup. This is typical of Madagascar since there are so many candidates, usually candidates who are eliminated in the first round would usually vote for certain candidates in the second round in return for their support in the future. Many people were concerned about how it would work out with so many candidates in the election because people weren't sure how they would be able to effectively learn about each of the candidates and what they support/believe in. Some candidates have a huge advantage over others because they might have financial resources that surpass the others' by a lot which definitely helps them in the long run. they might be able to afford certain things that will be able to help them with campaigning and the other candidates might be at a huge disadvantage. candidates with financial disadvantages might have good views that a lot of people agree with however they might not have the resources to be able to get their ideas out into the community or being able to make the advertising that is necessary for them to win the votes. The country tries its best to make it a fair fight for the candidates by putting a spending cap on campaigns but its extremely hard to enforce and they cant exactly remove candidates from the race, though they just want a level playing field. 

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