Lots of people appearantly voted for him, so it can’t be that much of a shock, now can it?
It looks like they are using the same techniques they used for trump.
Social media is cancer.
I might shock you, but far right figures, even outright fascists have been also elected before social media were a thing, included in that part of the world.
It’s really more shocking to the media, who essentially ignored the guy because he was always trailing in polls. They all had him at 5% and then he suddenly shot up to 16% in exit polls and 23% in actual votes.
The running theory is that the main party artificially boosted him through their votes to have an easier go in round 2 ( “vote for our candidate, not the extremist” ) and it backfired because they underestimated tiktoks ability to brainwash people.
Polls in many European countries seem to be off. Some people are afraid to speak freely, it seems. That’s a sad development.
Polling agencies in this country are simply opinion manufacturers. In any other country it would be unacceptable to have no less than 5 candidates off by more than 6% each in EXIT POLLS.
