2023 Tedusian Presidential Election

224 Districts - 113 needed to win

The 2023 Tedusian Presidential Election took place on the 1st of June 2023 along with the Senate Election and Locals Elections. The election led to current President Jean Caddam to win with 118 districts to 106 and his inauguration to take place on the 1st of August 2023. The election has been called called out for fraud due to opinion polls being majorly off, showing that Karl Reese would win the election prior to the results.

## Campaigning

### Jean Caddam's Campaign

Caddam's campaign was considered "pushy" and "ultra-conservative" by many political journalists and news reporter, Terry Truman and Charles Redman being major critics to Caddam's campaign. Other critics were the opposition candidate Karl Reese who bashed Caddam for his "Fascist ideals."

Caddam promised to reject to the introduction of a state health service and instead push for a completely private healthcare system along with decreasing funding for healthcare. He wanted to majorly decrease taxes for corporation tax, income tax, VAT, capital tax, and inheritance tax as well as increasing the beer & cider tax. Caddam promised to "crack down on leftist rhetoric" by proposing major anti-LGBT legislation that would include banning gay marriage and civil unions but preserving the legality of being gay with limited expression. Other legislation Caddam promised was to make it illegal for workers to strike if they are working for state-owned companies, relax gun laws, and restrict abortion to 6 weeks after conceiving.

### Karl Reese's Campaign

Reese's campaign was largely not criticized by political journalists and news reporter rather only receiving criticism from Jean Caddam and the conservative alliance party leaders.

Reese wanted to combat Caddam's campaign against "leftist rhetoric" by introducing major pro-LGBT legislation that would include: ensuring LGBT people are not discriminated for their identity, increase funding in schools for LGBT support, introducing LGBT education and sex education, and create a Minister for LGBTQ+ Equality alongside a Minister for Equality. Reese campaigned for relaxing striking but with some restrictions such as disallowing the armed forces to strike in an event of war as well as restricting strikes from being a week or more. Reese guaranteed the introduction of a state health service, decreasing the price of medical amenities, increase maternity leave and introduce paternity leave by offering 24 months of fully-paid maternity leave and 12 months of fully-paid paternity leave.

## Results & Aftermath

Jean Caddam won 118 districts and Karl Reese won 106 districts. Jean Caddam won the election and is set to be inaugurated on the 1st of August 2023.

Some Journalists called the election fraud because of polling (even after the conservative alliance poll rise in May) showing that Karl Reese was set to win the election. Jean Caddam denied election fraud and called the election "completely democratic" and the "people's will." An independent investigation on election fraud has been demanded by people with a petition that currently has 2,700 signatures gaining attraction.

 Karl Reese