User:RobertPlausible

RobertPlausible
— Wikipedian ♂ —
	Not actually me (obviously).
Pronouns	he/him
Nationality	American
Languages	English
Hobbies, interests, and beliefs
Hobbies	Editing Wikipedia; Collecting flags
Politics	Centre; Pirate politics
Interests
	Elections, politics, history, flags, and more.

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George Constanza

About me

Hi I'm RobertPlausible. I've been editing Wikipedia since June 2023. I am mainly focused on people and subjects relating to politics or elections, but I occasionally edit articles related to popular culture or music. I’m American and proud of it, but love and appreciate the world around me, and am always eager to learn about it. I do by best to stay unbiased when editing Wikipedia. I have created two articles. While I am mainly active on here, I also upload and edit files on Wikimedia Commons (the photo depository of Wikipedia) and occasionally contribute to articles on Wikiquote. My interests and hobbies are listed below.

Interest

Elections
Politics
Systems of government
History
Military history
Screenwriting
Filmmaking
Flags
Official portraits
Suits, Ties ands neckware
Model trains

Quick Link

"I must study Politicks and War that my sons may have the liberty to study Mathematicks and Philosophy. My sons ought to study Geography, natural History, Naval Architecture, navigation, Commerce and Agriculture, in order to give their children a right to study Painting, Poetry, Musick, Architecture, Statuary, Tapestry, and Porcelaine."

—John Adams, 1780

Example Elections

- Party Leadership (UK): July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election
- Party Leadership (Japan): 2021 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election
- Presidential Primary (USA):
- Presidential Primary (Poland): 2010 Civic Platform presidential primary
- Presidential Elections with over 70%: 2019 Ukrainian presidential election
- Presidential Election (South Korea): 2022 South Korean presidential election
- Presidential election in which the winner received less than 50%:
  - USA: 1992 United States presidential election
  - USA: 1860 United States presidential election
  - Taiwan: 2024 Taiwanese presidential election
- Parliamentary mandate (UK): 2019 United Kingdom general election (43%)
- Parliamentary mandate that led to a coalition government (UK): 2010 United Kingdom general election (59.1% combined)
- Parliamentary mandate (Thailand)*: 2023 Thai general election (38%)
- General or parliamentary elections:
  - General election (New Zealand): 2023 New Zealand general election
  - General election (Norway): 2021 Norwegian parliamentary election
  - General election (Sweden): 2022 Swedish general election
  - General election (Finland): 2023 Finnish parliamentary election
- Runoff Election (USA): 2021 Federal Georgia Senate election
- State election (USA): 2022 California State Controller election
- 100% (Unanimous/Unopposed)
  - Federal Senate: 2010 United States Senate election in South Dakota
  - State Attorney General: 2012 North Carolina Attorney General election
Unopposed party leadership elections

Cool Referendums

Fun Pages

Pages I made for experiments.

/2024 United States general election (DEFUNCT)
/2028 United States Cabinet (This could be fun tho :)
/Japan (Government and politics)
/Portraits
/Attire
/Candids
/REAL 2024 United Kingdom general election
/Republicans Scale (DEFUNCT)
/Phrases
/2024 Venezuelan presidential election (Opposition Results) (DEFUNCT)
/Fake Elections
/2028 Democratic primary hypothetical (This is relevant now i guess, lol)
/Paintings

Event Tracker (2024)

William Lai

Pita Limjaroenrat

January

January 1: 2024 Noto earthquake strikes in Japan.
January 2:
- Lee Jae-myung survives a stabbing during an assassination attempt.
- Two planes collide at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan.
January 9: President Daniel Noboa declares a state of emergency in Ecuador.
January 10: Chris Christie drops out of the 2024 Republican presidential primary.
January 13: William Lai of the Democratic Progressive Party is elected President of Taiwan in the 2024 election.
January 15:
- Donald Trump wins the Iowa Republican caucus to no one's surprise; Nimrata wins a single county by one vote (because why not).
- Better Call Saul is snubbed from the Emmys for the last time.
January 23:
- Trump wins the New Hampshire Republican primary, with a 10 point lead over Haley, his only opponent.
- Biden wins the New Hampshire Democratic primary, despite not actually running, after a major write-in campaign
January 24:
- Pita Limjaroenrat is cleared of wrongdoing relating to his media shares by the Thai Constitutional Court, securing his status as an MP in the Parliament
- Jon Stewart announces he will return as host of The Daily Show once a week for the 2024 election.
January 31: The Thai Constitutional Court rules that the Move Forward Party’s campaign to amend the lèse-majesté law is unlawful as a threat to the monarchy, and orders the party to cease.

February

Jon Stewart

Tom Suozzi

February 6:
- Former President of Chile Sebastián Piñera dies in a helicopter crash at the age of 74.
- Jennifer Crumbley, the mother of a school shooter, becomes the first person in American legal history to be found guilty of manslaughter over a school shooting as a parent of the shooter, after her son killed four students at an Oxford, Michigan, high school in 2021.

February 8:
- The 2024 Pakistani general election.
- Special counsel Robert K. Hur releases his report on the Joe Biden classified documents incident.
February 11: Super Bowl LVIII is hosted in Las Vegas; Usher performs and Nickelodeon airs live coverage featuring SpongeBob characters.
February 12: Jon Stewart returned as host of the Daily Show every Monday in Season 29 to cover the 2024 presidential election.
February 13:
- Tom Suozzi wins a special election in New York's 3rd federal congressional district, giving the Democrats 213 seats in the United States House of Representatives compared to the Republicans' 219.
- twomad is reportedly found dead in his home at the age of 32.
February 15: Japan slips into a recession and loses its spot as the world's third-largest economy
February 16: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is murdered during his prison sentence.
February 21: Arguments at the High Court of Justice in Julian Assange's extradition hearing ends after two days in the London.
February 24:
- Two year anniversary of the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.
- Trump wins the South Carolina Republican presidential primary, defeating Nikki Haley in her home state; she continues to run.
February 29: Brian Mulroney, former Canadian Prime Minister from 1984 to 1993, passes away at the age 84.

March

Nikki Haley

Princess Kate

March 4
- The first living lung and liver transplant is performed at Kyoto University Hospital in Japan.
- Shehbaz Sharif is elected as the next Prime Minister of Pakistan, after weeks of speculation and questions over the legitimacy of the 2024 election.
- In Trump v. Anderson, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously rules that states can not keep presidential candidates off the ballot, overturning the Colorado Supreme Court's decision in Anderson v. Griswold.
- 2022–2023 Pentagon document leaks: Jack Teixeira, a 22-year-old former member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, pleads guilty to linking classified Defense Department documents on his Discord server and is sentenced to 16 years and eight months in prison.
March 5
- The Haitian government declares a state of emergency after gangs storm two prisons and demand the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry, who is stranded abroad in Puerto Rico.
- Super Tuesday in the 2024 Republican and Democratic primaries across the country for multiple offices.
March 6
- One day after Super Tuesday, Nikki Haley drops out of the 2024 presidential election, but refuses to endorse Donald Trump, who becomes the presumptive nominee.
- Later that day Congressman Dean Philips suspends his presidential campaign and endorses Joe Biden. A 2020 rematch between Trump and Biden is set for 2024.
- Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis nearly escapes being killed by a Russian missile strike in the Odesa during his visit to Ukraine.

March 7
- Sweden officially becomes a member state of NATO, two years after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
- The 2024 State of the Union is delivered by President Biden to the 118th Congress.
March 8: Former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández is found guilty in a Manhattan Federal court of conspiring with drug traffickers and enabling the transportation of over 400 tons of cocaine from Honduras to the US
March 12:
- The Thai Election Commission asks the Constitutional Court to disband the Move Forward Party
- Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry announces he will resign amidst an escalating gang war
- Joe Biden and Donald Trump become their respective parties' presumptive nominees for the Presidency in the 2024 election.
March 14: Vaughan Gething of the Labour Party becomes the Welsh First Minister, and is dubbed 'Europe's first Black national leader'. He serves in that position for just 5 months.
March 14: In an evening interview, President Emmanuel Macron of France does not rule out sending French troops to Ukraine.
March 21: Tennessee passes a law that protects artists' voices from AI impersonation
March 22:
- A terrorist attack takes place in Moscow, killing 140 people
- Princess Kate of the British Royal Family announces she has cancer, amidst speculation on her whereabouts
March 24
- Tammy Murphy drops out of the Democratic primary for the Federal New Jersey Senate election, making Andy Kim the de facto presumptive nominee.
- Opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye wins Senegal's presidential election, after various delays by outgoing President Macky Sall. He is sworn in on 2 April as 'Africa's youngest president'.
March 26: The Francis Scott-Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland collapses after a cargo ship collides with one of it's support beams.

April

Fumio Kishida

Larry David

April 2: An earthquake strikes in Taiwan and parts of northern Japan.
April 3: Another earthquake strikes in New Jersey, and is also felt in New York.
April 5: The National Police of Ecuador raid the Mexican embassy to a arrest a former Vice President accused of corruption, causing Mexico to sever all diplomatic ties.
April 7: Larry David's comedy show Curb Your Enthusiasm ends after 12 seasons.
April 8: A total solar eclipse is observed across North America.
April 11: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida addressed a joint-session of the United States Congress as part of a state visit, the first since Shinzo Abe in 2015.
April 13: Iran launches retaliatory strikes against Israel after an Israeli bombing of the Iranian embassy in Damascus earlier in the month.
April 19:
- Maxwell Azzarello, a 37-year-old man from Florida, commits self-immolation in front of the New York Supreme Court in New York City where the New York state criminal trial against Donald Trump took place.
- Israel conducts airstrikes against Iran, in response to Iran's missile and drone attack on Israel earlier on April 13.
April 25:
- Following the resignation of Haiti's acting President and Prime Minister Ariel Henry, a Transitional Presidential Council takes power as the new head of state of Haiti.
- The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) votes to restore net neutrality rules implemented by the Obama administration after their repeal in 2017.

May

Rishi Sunak

Julian Assange

May 14: Seafood restaurant chain Red Lobster announces it will close 99 locations across the country. The chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy the next week.
May 15:
- Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Fico survives an assassination attempt.
- Lawrence Wong becomes Prime Minister of Singapore, succeeding Lee Hsien Loong after 20 years in power.
May 16: The Dow Jones index surpasses 40,000 points for the first time.
May 20:
- William Lai of the DPP if inaugurated as the 8th President of Taiwan.
- Judges grant Julian Assange permission to appeal his extradition order from the United Kingdom to the United States.
May 22
- British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak calls for a general election to be held on July 4, 2024.
- Nikki Haley endorses Donald Trump and says she will vote for him despite past criticism
May 23: During a state visit with President of Kenya William Ruto, President Biden announces his intention to designate Kenya as a major non-NATO ally.
May 29: The African National Congress (ANC), which freed South Africa from Apartheid under Nelson Mandela in the 1990s, looses its majority for the first time since democratic elections, in the 2024 South African general election, leading to government formation talks.
May 30:
- The United States gives Ukraine permission to strike Russian territory near Kharkiv Oblast with U.S.-provided weapons, excluding long-range missiles.
- Former American President Donald Trump is found guilty on 34 counts in his hush money trial, the first time any American president (sitting or former) has been found guilty of a crime.

June

Andy Kim

Mark Rutte

June 2: Claudia Sheinbaum becomes Mexico's first woman and first Jewish President after winning the 2024 general election.
June 4:
- Entrances and Exits, an autobiography by Michael Richards, who played Kramer in Seinfeld, is released with a Foreword by Jerry Seinfeld.
- The results of the 2024 Indian general election are released; the BJP looses its own majority, but the greater NDA maintains one, allowing Narendra Modi to assume office for a third consecutive term as Prime Minister of India; Rahul Gandhi becomes Leader of the Opposition after the I.N.D.I.A. block receives enough seats.
- In the UK, Rishi Sunak of the Conservatives and Keir Starmer of Labour participate in an ITV debate for the UK election. Various debates continue throughout the month.
- Andy Kim wins the 2024 New Jersey Democratic Party Federal Senate primary election.
June 7:
- Team USA beats Pakistan in the T20 Cricket World Cup.
- Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is assaulted in Copenhagen, two days before the 2024 European Parliament elections.
June 13:
- The 50th G7 Summit in Italy; Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is invited as new plans to support Ukraine are unveiled, with some skydiving and other meetings between the leaders. The leaders meet as lot of them may no longer be leaders by the next G7 summit. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz are down in the polls at the time of summit in their home countries. Rishi Sunak faces an imminent election loss in the UK, while French President Emmanuel Macron has called legislative election after his party lost recent EU elections. President Biden of the US and (most likely) Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida are going into elections unpopular as well.
- One year anniversary of me joining Wikipedia!
June 15: As the 50th G7 summit raps up, the Ukraine Peace Summit begins in Switzerland.
June 17: The Boston Celtics win their 18th World Championship in the 2024 NBA Finals.
June 18:
- Thailand's Senate passes same-sex marriage, making it the first country in Southeast Asia to legalize same-sex marriage, and the third overall in Asia after Taiwan and Bhutan. It is later endorsed by the King of Thailand on 24 September.
- Outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte is announced as the next NATO Secretary-General, succeeding Jens Stoltenberg.
June 24: Julian Assange agrees to a plea deal with the US Justice Department to avoid incarceration in the United States. He leaves Belmarsh after 5 years and departs the UK for Australia. He enters a U.S. Federal court in Saipan the following day to certify the plea deal, before returning home.
June 25:
- Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas is approved to be the next Foreign Minister of the European Union. Her confirmation hearings occur in November.
- Negotiations for Moldova and Ukraine's accession to membership in the European Union are launched.
- Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are honored at a state dinner at Buckingham Palace, as part of state tour of the United Kingdom by the Imperial Family on the invitation of King Charles III.
- Primary elections are held in New York, Utah, and other states, setting the stage further for the 2024 general election.
June 26:
- Kenyan National Police forces arrive in Haiti as part of a peacekeeping mission, one day after riots broke out in the Kenyan capital Nairobi.
- Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte officially resigns after 14 years to become NATO Secretary-General later this year.

June 27: First Presidential debate between incumbent Democrat Joe Biden and former president Republican Donald Trump in Atlanta, Georgia. It does not go well for Biden and Trump lies.

July

Emmanuel Macron

Joe Biden

July 1: The Supreme Court rules in a 6–3 decision that former presidents are entitled to absolute immunity from prosecution for official acts taken while in office, but have no immunity for unofficial acts.
July 4/5: The 2024 United Kingdom general election results in the Labour Party winning a supermajority and Sir Keir Starmer becoming Prime Minister. This is the first transition of power between two political parties in Britain since 2010.
July 7:
- Yuriko Koike wins the 2024 Tokyo gubernatorial election, beating independent Shinji Ishimaru who comes in an upset second place over opposition backed Renho.
- The far right is defeated in French legislative elections called by President Emmanuel Macron, after centrists partner with left wing parties.
July 8: Russia bombs a Ukrainian Children's Hospital in Kyiv during air strikes that kill at least 37 people, of which 3 were children.
July 9: The newly elected British Parliament meets after the 2024 election.
July 10-11: At the 2024 NATO Summit in Washington, D.C., Ukraine is promised F-16s, €40 billion, and 'irreversible' NATO membership. This video sums it all up pretty well.
July 10: Redbox shuts down after 22 years.
July 13: Donald Trump survives an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania.
July 16: New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez is convicted of accepting bribes in Federal court.
July 17:
- At the King's Speech during the State Opening of the British Parliament, King Charles III announces his new government will pursue legislation relating to the re-establish British Railways (as Great British Railways), further devolve powers to countries and local areas, English Devolution, housing, a continuation of Rishi Sunak's smoking ban, water regulation, asylum reforms, a ban on conversion practices for LGBT people, equal pay regardless of race or gender, removing the right of hereditary Lords to vote, reforms on EU trade, strengthen policing, NATO commitments, support for Ukraine in their war against Russia and support for their membership in NATO, and a two-state solution for between a secure Israel and a sovereign Palestinian state.
- Hong Kong journalist Selina Cheng is fired from The Wall Street Journal after advocating for press freedom as head of the Hong Kong Journalists Association.
July 18: At the last night of the RNC, Trump delivers the longest acceptance speech in convention history upon becoming the Republican Party's nominee for President in the 2024 election.
July 19:
- Global technical outages tied to CrowdStrike effects Microsoft software, leading to computer issues for a variety of businesses and organizations across the world.
- American journalist Evan Gershkovich of The Wall Street Journal is sentenced to 16 years for espionage in a Russian court.
July 21: Joe Biden drops out of the 2024 United States presidential election, endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris.
July 26: The Opening Ceremony marks the start of the 2024 Olympics in Paris
July 28: The disputed 2024 Venezuelan presidential election is claimed to have been won by both the governing Nicolas Maduro and opposition-backed Edmundo González, who claims the vote was rigged. Protests demanding the end of Maduro's tenure as President begin immediately as countries around the world condemn the election as a fraud. This video sums it all up pretty well. González would later flee to Spain on 7 September.

August

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Tim Walz

August 1:
- 26 individuals, including Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan are released from Ankara Esenboğa Airport in a prisoner exchange between the United States and Russia.
- The United States announces its recognition of opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia of the Democratic Unitary Platform as the legitimate winner of the 2024 Venezuelan presidential election instead of President Nicolás Maduro of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela.
August 5:
- Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina resigns and flees amidst deadly protests against her government.
- The Japanese stock market (Tokyo stock exchange) plunges before recovering the next day
August 6:
- Kamala Harris selects Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate in the 2024 presidential election.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announces that Ukraine has invaded Russia's Kursk oblast, begining a new offensive into Russian territory.
August 7: In Thailand, the Move Forward Party is dissolved and it's executives, including former Leader Pita Limjaroenrat and it's last leader Chaithawat Tulathon, are banned from politics in the country for ten years.
August 14:
- Prime Minister of Japan Fumio Kishida announces that he will not seek re-election as President of the Liberal Democratic Party, ending his tenure as Prime Minister in September after what will will be almost 3 full years in office.
- Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin is removed from office by, you guessed it, The Constitutional Court.
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August 20: Kamala Harris is reaffirmed as the Democratic Party's nominee for President at the second night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The Convention is notable for the number of Republicans who spoke in support of Harris. She accepts the nomination in a speech on the fourth night of the convention on 22 August.
August 22: The second-largest diamond ever found - a rough 2,492-carat stone - is been unearthed in Botswana.

September

Pierre Poilievre

Shigeru Ishiba

September 4: In Canada, the NDP officially end their confidence-and-supply agreement with the Liberals in the Canadian Parliament; Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre promises to put forward a no-confidence motion against the Trudeau government when the Parliament returns.
September 6: Michel Barnier is appointed Prime Minister of France after two months of gridlock following a snap legislative election, succeeding Gabriel Attal.
September 9: James Earl Jones passes away at age 93.
September 10: In the Presidential debate between Democrat Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Republican Donald Trump, Harris performs well while Trump lies and rambles. Harris hits all the right notes on energy, abortion, economy, foreign policy and unity.
September 11: Alberto Fujimori finally dies at age 86.
September 15: Donald Trump survives a second apparent second assassination attempt, this time at his International Golf Club in Florida.
September 16: Sean "P. Diddy" Combs is arrested in Manhattan and charged with racketeering, sex trafficking, and transportation to engage in prostitution.
September 17:
- Governor Gavin Newsom of California signs a bill which prohibits the replacement of actors with artificial intelligence under state law.
- About 3,000 pagers simultaneously exploded across Lebano n and Syria in an apparent coordinated attack organized by the IDF and Mossad during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Hezbollah terrorist group.

September 25:
- Iwao Hakamada, the world's longest-serving death row inmate, is acquitted in Japan.
- Mayor of New York City Eric Adams is indicted following a federal corruption investigation
September 26: Hoda Kotb announces she will leave the TODAY Show after 6 years.
September 27:
- Hurricane Helene makes landfall in the Southeastern United States.
- Israel conducts an operation kills Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, and several other senior members of the terrorist group, in a Beirut strike.
- British actress Maggie Smith passes away at the age of 89.
- Shigeru Ishiba is elected President of the Liberal Democratic Party in Japan, in a close leadership election. The experienced centrist later calls for a general election to be held on October 27.

October

Maia Sandu

Duma Boko

October 1:
- Jimmy Carter becomes the first person to ever serve as U.S. president to live to 100 years old. He later fulfills his wish of voting for Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election.
- After the Kishida Cabinet resigns en masse, Shigeru Ishiba is elected as the 102nd Prime Minister of Japan by the Diet. He and his new cabinet is later appointed by the Emperor, taking office the same day.
- Mark Rutte becomes Secretary-General of NATO and Chair of the North Atlantic Council, succeeding Jens Stoltenberg after 10 years.
- Claudia Sheinbaum takes office as the first female and first Jewish President of Mexico.
- Democrat Tim Walz and Republican JD Vance participate in the only Vice Presidential debate of the 2024 election. The debate is notable for its civility and friendliness between the candidates.
October 2: The Conservative Party Conference concludes in Birmingham, with James Cleverly giving a strong performance. He is later eliminated on October 9 in a possible failiure of tactical voting.
October 9:
- The House of Representatives of the Japanese Diet is dissolved in preparation for the 2024 Japanese general election
- Hurricane Milton makes landfall in Florida.
October 14: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirms North Korean soldiers are fighting with Russia in it's invasion of Ukraine. This is later certified by the South Korean National Intelligence Service.
October 16: Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is killed by the IDF in a chance encounter.
October 20: In Moldova, incumbent President Maia Sandu advances to the runoff in their presidential election. In a referendum on the same day, a majority of Moldovans vote in support of joining the EU by a thin margin.
October 25: President Joe Biden apologizes for forced the Native American boarding school policy carried out by the United States.
October 26: The 2024 Georgian parliamentary election sees allegations of fraud, intimidation and vote rigging, after the Eurosceptic and pro-Russian Georgian Dream party achieves a majority. President Salome Zourabichvili announces she will not recognize the results of "Russian elections" and calls for protests.
October 27:
- The ruling Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses their parliamentary majority in the lower House of Representatives for the first time since 2009 in the 2024 Japanese general election. Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba vows to remain in office.
- The presidential campaign of Donald Trump hosts a rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The event is widely criticized for its use of racist and misogynistic language.
October 29: Kamala Harris holds a rally in Washington D.C., delivering a speech at The Ellipse, the same site where Donald Trump encouraged his supporters before they stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021. Harris' Ellipse speech was intended as a closing argument in the 2024 presidential election.
October 30: In a major realignment, the ruling Botswana Democratic Party led by President Mokgweetsi Masisi, loses the 2024 Botswana general election in a landslide to all other opposition parties, winning only 4 seats. Duma Boko of the Umbrella for Democratic Change, which won a majority of 36 seats in the National Assembly, becomes the first non-BDP President of Botswana since independence.

November

Kemi Badenoch

Gautam Adani

November 2: Kemi Badenoch is elected Leader of the Conservative and Unionist Party in the 2024 British Tory leadership election, defeating Robert Jenrick. She is the first woman party leader since Theresa May in 2019, the first woman to serve as Leader of the Opposition since Margaret Thatcher in 1979, and the first ever black party leader in British history.
November 3: Moldovan President Maia Sandu wins a second term in the final round of Moldova’s presidential election.
November 5: Donald Trump wins a second term in the 2024 United States presidential election. His the first since Grover Cleveland to win a second non-consecutive term, and the first convicted felon to be elected President.
- Andy Kim wins his Senate seat.
- Josh Stein wins the North Carolina gubernatorial election.
November 6: The German government collapses or something idk, lol
November 10: Yuichiro Tamaki of the DPFP in Japan admits to an extra-marital affair.
November 15: South Korean opposition leader of the Democratic Party Lee Jae-myung gets a suspended jail term for violating election law.
November 17: President Joe Biden announces he will allows Ukraine to strike Russia with long-range U.S. missiles.
November 19:
- The Hong Kong 47 are sentenced under the Hong Kong national security law for their participation in the 2020 pro-democracy primaries.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claims North Korea could send 100,000 troops to the battlefield as the Russian invasion of Ukraine reaches 1,000 days. Ukraine strikes Russian military installations in the Bryansk region, which marks the first time the Ukrainian military strikes inside Russia with US-made long-range missiles.
November 21:
- Gautam Adani, India's second richest man, is charged in a $250 million bribery scheme in a New York court as a Federal arrest warrant issued.
- The International Criminal Court issues arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and others for alleged war crimes in Gaza during Israeli-Hamas War.
November 23: Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa suspends Verónica Abad Rojas as Vice President and replaces her with Sariha Moya in an acting capacity.
November 25: Swiftair Flight 5960, a flight from Germany, crashes in Vilnius, Lithuania.
November 27:
- A ceasefire is reached between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, with help from the United States.
- The US secures the release of 3 wrongfully detained Americans in a prisoner swap with China.
November 29: Syrian rebel forces enter Aleppo in a major offensive.

December

December 3: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declares martial law during a late night address broadcast live on television, accusing the opposition Democratic Party of sympathizing with North Korea and conducting "anti-state activities", further labelling them a criminal organization working with communists to destroy the country. He ordered the prohibition of any political activities and a suspension of the freedom of the press. The declaration was opposed by the Democratic Party and some members of Yoon's People Power Party, and resulted in protests. Two hours later, on 4 December, despite attempts by security forces to prevent the vote, MPs present in the National Assembly unanimously passed a motion to lift martial law 190–0. The martial law order was subsequently withdrawn. The opposition initiates impeachment proceedings against Yoon and several of his ministers the following day. Yoon later apologosies for the distress created by the martial law, and an impeachment vote 3 days later fails to pass, with moderate PPP member Ahn Cheol-soo being the only ruling party member who remains seated in the chamber.
December 4: In France, the National Assembly votes to oust the Barnier government in a vote of no-confidence, triggering a government collapse after just 3 months. He is replaced by Francois Bayrou on 13 December by Macron.
December 7: The Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris reopens following reconstruction after the 2019 fire; Macron invites President-elect Trump of the United States and President Zelenskyy of Ukraine.
December 7: Fall of the Assad regime: After a series off offensives in Syria that began in November, opposition and rebels forces claim victory against the Ba'athist Assad regime in Syria, as Bashar Al-Assad flees Damascus for Moscow. The Assad dynasty, which has ruled Syria since 1971, falls in just 11 days after 53 years in power, ending the Syrian Civil War.
December 10:
- The government transition in Syria begins, as Mohammed al-Bashir is appointed Prime Minister under the Syrian Salvation Government. al-Bashir promises elections and organizes a small cabinet while HTS leader Abu Mohammad al-Julani says war criminals of the Syrian Civil War will be held accountable.
- 2 days after his arrest over the martial law declared earlier, former South Korean Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun attempts suicide while in custody.
December 14: Yoon Suk Yeol is impeached by the National Assembly in South Korea.
December 15: Argentina’s economy exits a recession, about a year after President Javier Milei took office.
December 16: One day after Housing Minister Sean Fraser resigns from the Trudeau government, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland resigns hours before she was set to introduce the government's Fall budget, citing lack of confidence in Justin Trudeau as Prime Minister of Canada, triggering a potential government crisis; Opposition Leader and Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre calls for an emergency snap election. On the same day, the Conservatives prevail with a 66% majority in the 2024 Cloverdale—Langley City federal by-election. Later on 20 December, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh announces his party will support a motion of no-confidence to be introduced in January the following year, so as to allow his pension salary to be paid.

Upcoming events

Some future major events in the world the politics.

2025 United States Electoral College vote count: January 6, 2025
The provisional Syrian Transitional Government’s mandate is set to expire: March 1, 2025

Upcoming elections

I've always been really interested in politics and elections, both in the US and abroad. In the first half of 2023 I got interested in Taiwanese politics and the politics of Thailand. In the second half of 2023 I got interested in Indian and Canadian politics. In the second half of 2024 I got interested in Polish politics. I've always been interested in the politics of the UK and Japanese politics. I also have moderate interests in other countries whose politics I follow to varying degrees, such as France, Israel, and others.

2025

2025 US House of Representatives Speakership election: January 3, 2025
2025 Ecuadorian general election: February 9, 2025
2025 German Federal general election: February 23, 2025
2025 United Kingdom local elections: May 1, 2025
2025 Philippine Senate election: May 12, 2025
2025 Polish presidential election: No later than May 18, 2025
2025 Japanese Upper House elections: No later than July 27, 2025
2025 New Jersey Democratic Party gubernatorial primary election: No later than Fall 2025
2025 New York City Democratic Party mayoral primary election: No later than Fall 2025
2025 Norwegian parliamentary election: September 8, 2025
Next Australian Federal general election: No later than September 27, 2025, subject to change
Next Canadian Federal general election: No later than October 20, 2025, subject to chang
2025 Irish presidential election: October 2025
Next Singaporean general election: No later than November 23, 2025
2025 Honduran general election: November 2025
Next Trinidad and Tobago general election: No later than 2025, subject to change

2026

2026 Illinois Democratic Party gubernatorial primary election: No later than Spring 2026
2026 Illinois Democratic Party Federal Senate primary election: No later than Spring 2026
2026 Illinois Republican Party gubernatorial primary election: No later than Spring 2026
Next Scottish Parliament election: No later than May 7, 2026
2026 California Republican Party gubernatorial primary election: June 26, 2026
2026 California Democratic Party gubernatorial primary election: June 26, 2026
2026 New York Democratic Party gubernatorial primary election: No later than Fall 2026
2026 Illinois gubernatorial election: November 3, 2026
2026 Illinois Federal Senate election: November 3, 2026
2026 Georgia Federal Senate election: November 3, 2026
2026 New York gubernatorial election: November 3, 2026
2026 Vermont gubernatorial election: November 3, 2026

Elections I Liked

Place	Year	Election		Result
Taiwan	2024	Taiwan presidential election (January 13)	William Lai (DPP) Hsiao Bi-khim (DPP)	VICTORY: Democratic Progressive Party Lai Ching-te of the DPP becomes the 8th President of Taiwan; Hsiao Bi-khim becomes Vice President.	40.05% Y 40.05 / 100
New Jersey	2024	2024 New Jersey Democratic Party Federal Senate primary election (June 4)	Andy Kim (D)	VICTORY: Democratic Party Andy Kim wins the New Jersey Democratic Party Senate primary.	75% Y 75 / 100
India	2024	2024 Indian general election (April-June)	Shashi Tharoor (INC)	Inconclusive/Other Result: Congress Party The BJP looses it's majority; Modi relies on smaller parties to continue as Prime Minister. The INC officially become the Opposition Party; Tharoor and Gandhi win their own seats.	234 alliance seats 234 / 543
United Kingdom	2024	2024 United Kingdom general election (July 4/5)	Alex Cole-Hamilton (Lib Dem)	Mixed Result: Liberal Democrats The Conservative Party looses it's majority. The SNP looses seats, as the Lib Dems make historic gains. Keir Starmer of Labour becomes Prime Minister.	71 Lib Dem seats 71 / 650
France	2024	2024 French legislative election (July 7)	Emmanuel Macron (President)	Mixed Result: Renaissance and Together The left wins the most seats, and the far right is defeated. Macron avoids a far-right and far-left government.	159 alliance seats 159 / 577
Japan	2024	2024 Liberal Democratic Party leadership election (September 27)	Shigeru Ishiba (Centrist faction)	VICTORY: Liberal Democratic Party Shigeru Ishiba wins the LDP Presidential election, ensuring he becomes Prime Minister of Japan.	52.57% Y 215 / 409
Moldova	2024	2024 Moldovan presidential election (November 3)	Maia Sandu (PAS)	VICTORY: Party of Action and Solidarity Maia Sandu wins a second term in the Moldovan presidential election.	55.35% Y 55.35 / 100
New Jersey	2024	2024 New Jersey Federal Senate election (November 5)	Andy Kim (D)	VICTORY: Democratic Party Andy Kim wins, becoming New Jersey's first Asian-American Senator and the first Korean-American.	53.5% Y 53.5 / 100

Beliefs and politics

This user is proud to be an
American !

This user believes in the right of every human being to have access to Wikipedia.

This user believes it is every citizen's duty to vote.

RobertPlausible thinks first-past-the-post is a flawed voting system and wants fairer votes.

This user supports the
Single Transferable Vote.

This user supports the direct participation of electorates by initiative, referendum, recall, and dissolution.

This user despises Gerrymandering.

This user believes in the separation of church and state.

This user supports freedom of speech.

This user ardently supports
Liberal Democracy
throughout the world.

This user supports universal basic income.

This user supports public transit.

This user promotes efforts to counter
climate change

This user is a monarchist.

This user believes that every nation has an inherent right of national sovereignty.

This user believes in a foreign policy of interventionism, but is not a militarist.

This user ardently opposes all forms of racial nationalism.

This user believes race does not exist except as an oppressive social construct and will oppose racism by any means necessary.

This user believes that communism, socialism, and Marxism are evil
and supports their elimination.

This user supports LGBTI rights.

This user thinks that one's sexual identity is no one's business, especially not the government's, and that one should not be judged strictly by their sexuality.

This user supports the legalization of same-sex marriage.

This user supports immigration.

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This user prefers that the death penalty be used very sparingly.

This user believes that the death penalty is mercy, and that the worst criminals should suffer for a long, long, long time.*

This user supports the ban on smoking in public places.

This user strongly believes in freedom of speech.

This user supports gender equality.

This user believes in and ardently supports the right to privacy.

This user thinks the copyright system infringes their human rights!

This user is against most forms of copyright.

This user supports WAR IN SPACE!

This user is very distressed by the increasing polarization in the United States.

This user believes that
White Nationalism
is Anti-American.

This user supports the removal of Confederate monuments and memorials.

This user is against the modern display of the Confederate battle flag.

This user supports Puerto Rico Statehood

NO DC-51!

RobertPlausible believes that the District of Columbia was intentionally created because no state should contain the federal capital and therefore does not support D.C. becoming a state.

This user believes that the Hawaiian Kingdom was illegally overthrown. Long live Queen Liliʻuokalani!

This user considers James K. Polk to be an overrated president.

This user vehemently despises John Tyler.

This user is a Bull Moose

This user opposes racism and admires Malcolm X and Martin Luther King.

This user supported Andrew Yang's campaign in the 2020 United States presidential race.

This user thinks some House Republicans are Russian assets.

SAY NO TO POLICE BRUTALITY

This user opposes police brutality

In Memoriam: 9/11
Lest we forget…

1/6/21 never forget

This US citizen appreciates
our good neighbor Canada.^‡

This wants America OUT
of the United Nations

NO
UN

This user supports the economic, political, and military ties between the United States and the European Union.

This user supports EU enlargement.

This user supports NATO.

This user supports NATO enlargement.

This user supports United States's membership in NATO

This user supports Ukraine's membership in NATO.

This user supports a free, independent, undivided,
and fully restored Ukraine.

This user supports
Ukrainian sovereignty.

This user supports democracy in Belarus.

This user supports union between Scotland and the United Kingdom.

This user supports Northern Ireland as apart of the United Kingdom.

This user supports devolution of powers to the nations of the UK.

This user supports the
British Monarchy

This user supported David Cameron

This user knows the
Falkland Islands are British.

This user supports Central American Reunification.

This user supports the secular identity of Turkey.

This user supports a secular democratic Iran.

This user believes that there is only one legitimate regime in Iran.

This user is a fan and admirer of
Dr. Shashi Tharoor.

This user supports the
Imperial House of Japan

This user likes Yoshimasa Hayashi

This user supports the Republic of China.

This user believes that the Republic of China is a legitimate nation.

This user is interested in US-Taiwan relations

P-G	This user supports the Pan-Green Coalition.

This user opposes the premiership of Srettha Thavisin and Paetongtarn Shinawatra.

This user dislikes the Pheu Thai Party, and other parties that associate with coup organizers.

This user thinks Pita Limjaroenrat is the rightful Prime Minister of Thailand.

This user supports the independence of Tibet.

This user supports a free and democratic Hong Kong.

This user thinks micronations like the Principality of Sealand and the Republic of Molossia are cool!

Political parties

I’m not the. If gets if political parties or factions in the US, and think they were probably a mistake, as they lead to unnecessary divisions within the country and create blind partisan loyalties. Nevertheless, I understand their importance, but prefer a multi-party system rather than our two-party system. Here are some political parties I would hypothetically support/vote for, or tend to agree with-from outside the US (I identify as a moderate independent on most issues). I find myself agreeing with aspects of a Pirate Party.

Political parties

Con

This user supports the
Conservative Party (UK).

SN

This user supports Servant of the People party

This user supports the Australian Labor Party.

This user supports the New Zealand Labour Party.

This user supports the Move Forward Party.

This user supports the Liberal Democratic Party

This user supports the Conservative Party of Canada.

This user supports the Democratic Progressive Party.

This user supports the Indian National Congress.

This user supports the Restoration Party.

This user supports the Liberal Democrats.

This user supports the Civic Platform

Politicians

Some politicians I think are cool (in no particular order).

Americans

U.S. Representatives

Foreign Policy	Policy, Spirit	Policy, Elections	Policy, Elections	Policy, Elections

Mike Quigley Illinois	Brendan Boyle Pennsylvania	Grace Meng New York	Gabe Amo Rhode Island	Tom Suozzi New York

Senators

Spirit, Elections	Policy, Spirit	Spirit, Elections

Cory Booker New Jersey	Jon Ossoff Georgia	Andy Kim New Jersey

Governors

Spirit, Leadership	Spirit, Elections

J.B. Pritzker Illinois	Gretchen Whitmer Michigan

Others

Policy, Spirit	Policy, Personality	Policy, Spirit	Policy, Leadership

Adam Kinzinger Illinois	Chris Christie New Jersey	Andrew Yang New York	Mitt Romney Utah

International

Leadership	Leadership	Elections, Spirit	Leadership	Policy, Sprit	Leadership, Spirit

Volodymyr Zelenskyy Ukraine	Shinzo Abe (Rest In Peace) Japan	Pita Limjaroenrat Thailand	Kaja Kallas Estonia	Koizumi Jr. Japan	KONO Taro Japan

Foreign Policy	Leadership	Foreign Policy	Policy, Spirit	Policy, Spirit	Policy, Spirit

Radosław Sikorski Poland	David Cameron UK	William Lai Taiwan	Pierre Poilievre Canada	Shashi Tharoor India	Alex Cole-Hamilton Scotland

Honorable mentions

Americans

New York: Representative Ritchie Torres
New York: Representative George Latimer
Missouri: Representative Wesley Bell
Illinois: Representative Lauren Underwood
California: Representative Ted Lieu
California: Lanhee Chen
New York: Representative Hakeem Jeffries
Illinois: Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi
Georgia: Senator Raphael Warnock
Illinois: Senator Dick Durbin
Maine: Senator Angus King
Maine: Senator Susan Collins
Louisiana: Senator Bill Cassidy
Indiana: Senator Todd Young
Mississippi: Senator Roger Wicker
Illinois: State Representative Kam Buckner
Kentucky: Governor Andy Beshear
Pennsylvania: Governor Josh Shapiro
Minnesota: Dean Phillips

International

Hsiao Bi-khim

Ed Davey

Petr Pavel

Maia Sandu

Taiwan: Hsiao Bi-khim
United Kingdom: Boris Johnson
Czech Republic: Petr Pavel
Moldova: Maia Sandu
Argentina: Javier Milei
United Kingdom: Ed Davey
Poland: Szymon Hołownia
Poland: Donald Tusk
Japan: Fujita Fumitake
South Korea: Ahn Cheol-soo
Georgia: Salome Zourabichvili
Philippines: Panfilo Lacson
Japan: Shigeru Ishiba
Australia: Albo Albanese
Chile: Gabriel Boric
Philippines: Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.
United Kingdom: James Cleverly
United Kingdom: Penny Mordaunt
France: Gabriel Attal
Paraguay: Santiago Peña
United Kingdom: Theresa May
Netherlands: Mark Rutte
Norway: Jonas Gahr Støre

Political figures I'm Interested in

Great thinkers

On liberalism, rationalism, and pluralism.

16th and 17th century

18th century

Others I'm interested in

20th-21st Century

Friedrich Hayek
- The Road to Serfdom
George Orwell
Milton Freidman
- Capitalism and Freedom
- Free to Choose
Francis Fukuyama
- Liberalism And It's Discontents

Cabinets Photos

The Trudeau cabinet upon their appointment in 2015.
The Shinzo Abe second cabinet in 2012.
The Arden cabinet of New Zealand in 2020.
The Reagan Cabinet in 1981.
The Reagan Cabinet in 1984.
The Reagan Cabinet in 1989.
The Muldoon Cabinet of New Zealand in 1981.
The Second Johnson Cabinet in 2022.
The Sunak Cabinet in 2024.
The Obama Cabinet in 2009.
The Obama Cabinet in 2012.
The Bush Cabinet in 1992.

Historical figures

Some historical figures I like. Unlike Presidents of the United States (my home country), I think these leaders can/are admired on a global basis rather than a primarily domestic one. I still have some American Presidents here though, but not all my favorites.