Where Voting Matters

Cidette Rice
October 22nd, 2018
IHSS

Venezuela Voting

On May 2nd, 2018, Venezuela had their presidential election. The two main campaigners were Nicolás Maduro and Henri Falcón. Falcón was previously governer of Lara State, and Maduro was running for his second term as president. This 2nd term would immediately follow his previous one.
Maduro was first in office in 2013, taking on the role of President after President Chavez’s death. There would then be an election for a new president that he would win, all the while making claims that beloved President Chavez endorsed his campaign. He had talked much of President Chavez, including an incident where he said President Chavez appeared to him as ‘a little bird’. During the 2013 elections, Maduro swayed voters by giving gifts to those who were loyal supporters, and ended up winning 50.2% of the Venezuelan people’s votes.

During his Presidency, Venezuela’s economic crisis from 2013 worsened, and there were years of riots, looting, and all around post-apocalyptic behavior as the government refused to speak of or act on the situation. When the Presidential election results were announced on May 21st, 2018, there were accusations of Maduro buying votes. Seeing how Venezuela was chaotic and unrestrained during his Presidency, it would make sense if the people of Venezuela did not want him as president again. This is a serious accusation, seeing how if Maduro was voted out of office there would be a big change in the way Venezuela is governed. Despite all, he won by 5.8 million votes to Falcón’s 1.8 million.


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