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wolfie 🐺wolfie@deadinsi.de
Aug 14, 2026, 10:34 AM
@M0KHR before the count he said he would be happy with just one, also his result got a bigger cheer than Farage's lol
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bugbearbugbear@indiepocalypse.social
Aug 14, 2026, 1:13 PM
@wolfie @M0KHR In all fairness, weren't all candidates (including Farage) from outside of Clacton? So I doubt their friends or family could vote for them.
Honestly it's just concerning the Reclaim candidate got so many votes as well.
Edit: No, I was wrong. Some candidates are registered to a Clacton address. See: https://deadinsi.de/@wolfie/117094070200812157
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wolfie 🐺wolfie@deadinsi.de
Aug 14, 2026, 1:21 PM
@bugbear @M0KHR looks like 4 candidates aside from Farage have addresses in Clacton, and they finished 5th, 8th, 10th and 13th and all over 100 votes so definitely some benefit of being local
ugh Laurence Fox was probably the protest vote for the people who agree with Reform but don't like Farage
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bugbearbugbear@indiepocalypse.social
Aug 14, 2026, 1:28 PM
@wolfie @M0KHR Oh, I stand corrected then. I apologise, I didn't check their addresses.
You're probably right. :ac_sadness: If only Reclaim could at least split their votes in elections so neither get elected. It keeps worrying me how many votes Reform (or Reclaim) gets in elections these days...
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