Newport Imperial election

The **Newport Imperial election** was held on July 7, 2020 (Day 3, Year 2 BK), in accordance with City Ordinance XXIV, to democratically determine who would reign as the first Emperor of Newport. After two rounds of voting, lonellamaMV defeated lostcity99 by a slight majority and immediately became Emperor-elect. lonellamaMV was officially coronated Emperor on July 10 (-1:1).

## Summary

The first Imperial election was commissioned by the Newport City Council on June 28 (-4:4) with the passage of City Ordinance XXIV. During the following week, a total of nine Imperial campaigns were launched: eight by Newportian citizens, and one by a non-citizen.

Early in the race, the only non-citizen candidate, Rage6838, held a considerable lead in the polls before being overtaken by crista7777. On Thursday, July 2 (-3:3), Rage6838 was joined by frontrunners lostcity99 and lonellamaMV at the Imperial Debate, hosted by *The Newport Report* and BuzzPort. crista7777 and fringe candidate MalachiBrown523 were also invited to join the debate, but were unable to attend. Following the debate, crista7777's poll numbers significantly decreased and Rage6838's plummeted, leaving lostcity99 and lonellamaMV as the clear frontrunners.

The election on Tuesday, July 7 (-2:3) stalled with lostcity99 and lonellamaMV tied at exactly 30.8%, triggering a runoff election between the two frontrunners. The second round of voting ended with lonellamaMV claiming 53.8% of the votes to lostcity99's 46.2%.

## Candidates

A total of nine players announced campaigns to run for Emperor. On June 29, 2020 (-4:5), IITheRecyclerII suspended her campaign, and was the only candidate to drop out through the entire race. Early in the race, IsaacRaymond20 and MalachiBrown523 ran a joint campaign on a "two men, one Emperor" platform, the legality of which *The Newport Report* called "questionable at best". They split into separate campaigns on July 4 (-3:5).

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## Polling

Three polls were conducted by *The Newport Report* in the week leading up to the election. Participants were asked the question "If the Imperial election were to happen today, who would you vote for?" The results of the July 2 (-3:3) poll were used to determine which candidates would be invited to the Imperial Debate.

## Results

Eight of the original nine campaigns were still active by election day on July 7. The only candidate who did not appear on the ballot was IITheRecyclerII, who had suspended her campaign on June 29. In the first round of voting, lonellamaMV and lostcity99 each received 4 votes, with claytations and crista7777 tying for second place. A runoff election was held to decide between the two frontrunners, in which lonellamaMV narrowly defeated lostcity99, receiving 7 votes to her 6.

## External links

* *The Newport Report*: Six Candidates Enter Race to Become First Emperor (June 30, 2020)
* *The Newport Report*: Imperial Poll (June 30, 2020)
* *The Newport Report*: Imperial Candidates on the Issues (July 1, 2020)
* *The Newport Report*: Imperial Poll (July 2, 2020)
* *The Newport Report*: ANALYSIS: Frontrunners fail to make a splash in sole debate (July 3, 2020)
* *The Newport Report*: Candidates and Voters Reflect on Thursday's Imperial Debate (July 4, 2020)
* *The Newport Report*: New Poll: Rage6838 Plummets to 0%; lostcity99 and lonellamaMV Locked in Battle for Lead in Imperial Race (July 5, 2020)
* *The Newport Report*: Candidate Spotlight: lostcity99 (July 6, 2020)
* *The Newport Report*: Candidate Spotlight: lonellamaMV (July 6, 2020)
* *The Newport Report* endorses lonellamaMV for Emperor. (July 6, 2020)
* *The Newport Report*: Newport Voters Head to Polls to Elect First Emperor or Empress (July 7, 2020)
* *The Newport Report*: Runoff Election Triggered After Frontrunners Tie (July 7, 2020)
* *The Newport Report*: lonellamaMV Elected First Emperor of Newport (July 7, 2020)