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We\u2019re joined by Ben Warden, a political strategist and author of Steps for Humanity: A Study of Political Discourse.\n\nBEN WARDEN: Thanks for having me. I have to say, this has been quite a day.\n\nALAN NUEVO: It really has.\n\nBECK RUSSUM: And we\u2019re just getting started. We\u2019re continually receiving comms from our sources around the Empire as planets continue to tabulate votes for the 2946 Senatorial Race.\n\nALAN NUEVO: That\u2019s right, Beck. We\u2019ve just received an update from Borea, with 87% of the votes finalized, longtime incumbent and current Speaker Marshall Madrigal seems to have secured another term. Which shouldn\u2019t come as much of a surprise. Madrigal has become one of those political institutions over the years.\n\nBECK RUSSUM: It is surprising, actually. Earlier this year, political insiders claimed that he was contemplating retirement at the end of this term.\n\nBEN WARDEN: I heard the same, but watching Madrigal the past few months, I have to say I\u2019m glad he reconsidered. After the tragedy of Vega II, he\u2019s become the Madrigal of old. It feels like he\u2019s been woken up. Found purpose. That\u2019s the thing that\u2019s very interesting when looking at multi-term politicians. After a while, they fall into a routine, where they slog through the machinations of legislation until they need to begin campaigning again and then repeat. Some almost refuse to commit to pushing a political agenda for fear of alienating potential voters, which, if I may be blunt, leads to the bureaucratic stagnation that we suffered under for so long.\n\nALAN NUEVO: Sorry to interrupt you, Ben, but we just got an update from Croshaw. Angeli just announced their results. Windel Aurelia and Yann Isher secured their seats for another term.\n\nBEN WARDEN: I think I know where this is heading.\n\nALAN NUEVO: Kyle Polo lost his seat to Sean Debinavi, a Universalist from Quinton.\n\nBEN WARDEN: Wow.\n\nBECK RUSSUM: Although a political unknown outside of Angeli, Debinavi has been a fixture of local politics for decades and ran a near perfect campaign. He outmaneuvered Polo at nearly every debate.\n\nBEN WARDEN: Polo\u2019s popularity plummeted after Vega II and Debinavi kept him on the defensive the entire campaign. Stoddard Polls indicated that voters never let him get out from underneath the weight of the Polo Initiative, which, in my opinion, was a little unfair. Not many people remember, but Polo was asked to draft the bill by Witness Cavendish to address the growing spending crisis within the government.\n\nBECK RUSSUM: It was still his idea.\n\nBEN WARDEN: Yes, but he was trying to offer a solution to a very real problem. The Vanduul attack simply reminded people that there were threats at our borders.\n\nALAN NUEVO: Debinavi\u2019s theme for his campaign was \u201cFoundation,\u201d where he ran on a platform of getting back to solid, dependable government.\n\nBEN WARDEN: He was pushing a very classic pro-military, pro-security strategy, which fed right into all of the issues people had with Polo. The people wanted a change and Debinavi represented everything they disliked about Polo.\n\nBECK RUSSUM: We\u2019ve got more election coverage coming up for you, but now we\u2019d like to go to Emily Havilan who was on hand for the closing mark of a voting station in midtown New York.\n\n[ B-Roll footage of citizens lining up to cast their votes, proudly displaying their preferred Senate candidates for the vids ]\n\nEMILY HAVILAN: Thanks Beck. Nestled on east 68th Street, in the shadow of the Senate itself, Citizens came from far and wide to this voting station to exercise their right to help decide the next wave of senators. We spoke with Carol Esposito, chief organizer for this station, about the turnout.\n\nCAROL ESPOSITO: Well, I always prep our volunteers to expect a heavy turnout, but every election, it seems to always be considerably less than we\u2019d hope. Today, it was more. Much more. We had a line outside an hour before the polls opened and were slammed all day. We\u2019re still receiving remote votes from central distribution.\n\nEMILY HAVILAN: Do you think the events of the past few months have contributed to an increase in political awareness?\n\nCAROL ESPOSITO: Oh yes. Most definitely. The people I talked to today wanted to get involved. They felt empowered to be involved. It was very exciting. So exciting, I nearly forgot to vote myself.\n\nEMILY HAVILAN: As you can see, it\u2019s an excitement that\u2019s palpable even now after the voting terminals have been powered down and the results sent for processing. Carol and her fifteen volunteers will close up this station and report to the central office to work through the night to assist with finalization of any lingering elections, so they\u2019re just getting started. But, if you ask them, it\u2019s the most exciting part of the job, knowing that they\u2019re helping make a difference tonight in the direction Humanity takes tomorrow. Beck.\n\nBECK RUSSUM: Thanks, Emily. We\u2019ll be streaming in reports from around the Empire throughout the night. We\u2019ve just received word about another election turnout that\u2019s close to finalization. This campaign has been one of the stand-outs and could potentially be a historic moment in Human politics. The results for Jalan in Elysium have come in.\n\nALAN NUEVO: That\u2019s exciting.\n\nBECK RUSSUM: Suj Kossi, the first Tevarin to run for Senate \u2026\n\nBEN WARDEN: You\u2019re killing me.\n\nBECK RUSSUM: Suj Kossi is now the first Tevarin to win a Senate seat with Gabrielle Graci\u00e1n coming in second.\n\nBEN WARDEN: That\u2019s incredible. Congratulations to Senator-elect Kossi, first of all.\n\nBECK RUSSUM: Candidate Graci\u00e1n has released a concession statement. Let\u2019s take a listen.\n\nGABRIELLE GRACI\u00c1N: I would like to thank all my supporters, both near and far, as well as my staff who worked tirelessly to keep me going. I would also like to extend my heartfelt congratulations to Senator Kossi. While we didn\u2019t see eye to eye, he was a gracious and honorable opponent and I\u2019m thrilled to have him represent me in the Senate.\n\nBEN WARDEN: I\u2019m sure this isn\u2019t the last we\u2019ll see of Gabrielle. She\u2019s proven herself to be a really dynamic candidate and I\u2019m sure it\u2019s only a matter of time before her name appears on another ballot.\n\nBECK RUSSUM: So it\u2019s official, the first Tevarin has been elected to the Senate. We\u2019re going to take a quick break, but when we come back, we\u2019ll go out to the Kossi campaign headquarters, which I\u2019m sure are absolutely euphoric.\n\nALAN NUEVO: Absolutely. We\u2019ll also have an exclusive interview with Callum Robb, star of the hit show Lost Squad, who also moonlights as a volunteer for a Senatorial candidate. Which one? We\u2019ll tell you after the break. This is Empire Report.\n\n< Transmission Break >","de_DE":"\u00dcbertragung beginnt >\nALAN NUEVO: Hallo und willkommen zur\u00fcck zur Berichterstattung \u00fcber den Empire Report in der Wahlnacht, ich bin Alan Nuevo.\n\nBECK RUSSUM: Und ich bin Beck Russum. Zu uns gesellt sich Ben Warden, ein politischer Stratege und Autor von Steps for Humanity: Eine Studie \u00fcber den politischen Diskurs.\n\nBEN WARDEN: Danke, dass ich kommen durfte. Ich muss sagen, das war ein ziemlicher Tag.\n\nALAN NUEVO: Das hat es wirklich.\n\nBECK RUSSUM: Und wir fangen gerade erst an. Wir empfangen st\u00e4ndig Kommunikationen von unseren Quellen rund um das Imperium, w\u00e4hrend die Planeten weiterhin Stimmen f\u00fcr das 2946 Senatorialrennen abgeben.\n\nALAN NUEVO: Das stimmt, Beck. Wir haben gerade ein Update von Borea erhalten, mit 87% der Stimmen abgeschlossen, der langj\u00e4hrige Amtsinhaber und derzeitige Sprecher Marshall Madrigal scheint eine weitere Amtszeit gesichert zu haben. Was nicht so sehr \u00fcberraschen sollte. Madrigal ist im Laufe der Jahre zu einer dieser politischen Institutionen geworden.\n\nBECK RUSSUM: Es ist eigentlich \u00fcberraschend. Anfang dieses Jahres behaupteten politische Insider, dass er am Ende dieser Wahlperiode \u00fcber einen R\u00fccktritt nachdenke.\n\nBEN WARDEN: Ich habe das Gleiche geh\u00f6rt, aber ich muss sagen, dass ich froh bin, dass er Madrigal in den letzten Monaten beobachtet hat. Nach der Trag\u00f6die von Vega II ist er zum Madrigal der Alten geworden. Es f\u00fchlt sich an, als w\u00e4re er aufgewacht. Ein gefundener Zweck. Das ist die Sache, die sehr interessant ist, wenn man sich mehrj\u00e4hrige Politiker ansieht. Nach einer Weile geraten sie in eine Routine, in der sie die Machenschaften der Gesetzgebung durchschlagen, bis sie wieder mit der Kampagne beginnen und sie dann wiederholen m\u00fcssen. Einige weigern sich fast, eine politische Agenda voranzutreiben, aus Angst, potenzielle W\u00e4hler zu entfremden, was, wenn ich auch nur unverbl\u00fcmt bin, zu der b\u00fcrokratischen Stagnation f\u00fchrt, unter der wir so lange gelitten haben.\n\nALAN NUEVO: Entschuldigung, dass ich dich unterbreche, Ben, aber wir haben gerade ein Update von Croshaw erhalten. Angeli hat gerade ihre Ergebnisse bekannt gegeben. Windel Aurelia und Yann Isher sicherten sich ihre Sitze f\u00fcr eine weitere Amtszeit.\n\nBEN WARDEN: Ich glaube, ich wei\u00df, wohin das f\u00fchrt.\n\nALAN NUEVO: Kyle Polo verlor seinen Platz an Sean Debinavi, einen Universalisten aus Quinton.\n\nBEN WARDEN: Wow.\n\nBECK RUSSUM: Obwohl Debinavi au\u00dferhalb von Angeli eine politische Unbekannte ist, ist es seit Jahrzehnten ein fester Bestandteil der lokalen Politik und hat eine nahezu perfekte Kampagne gef\u00fchrt. Er hat Polo bei fast jeder Debatte ausman\u00f6vriert.\n\nBEN WARDEN: Polos Popularit\u00e4t brach nach Vega II ein und Debinavi hielt ihn w\u00e4hrend der gesamten Kampagne in der Defensive. Stoddard Polls deutete an, dass die W\u00e4hler ihn nie unter dem Gewicht der Polo-Initiative, die meiner Meinung nach ein wenig ungerecht war, herauskommen lie\u00dfen. Nicht viele Menschen erinnern sich, aber Polo wurde gebeten, den Gesetzentwurf von Witness Cavendish zu verfassen, um die wachsende Ausgabenkrise innerhalb der Regierung anzugehen.\n\nBECK RUSSUM: Es war immer noch seine Idee.\n\nBEN WARDEN: Ja, aber er hat versucht, eine L\u00f6sung f\u00fcr ein sehr reales Problem anzubieten. Der Angriff von Vanduul hat die Menschen lediglich daran erinnert, dass es an unseren Grenzen Drohungen gab.\n\nALAN NUEVO: Debinavis Thema f\u00fcr seine Kampagne war \"Foundation\", wo er auf einer Plattform lief, um zu einer soliden, zuverl\u00e4ssigen Regierung zur\u00fcckzukehren.\n\nBEN WARDEN: Er dr\u00e4ngte eine sehr klassische pro-milit\u00e4rische, sicherheitsorientierte Strategie, die alle Probleme, die mit Polo verbunden waren, direkt mit einbezog. Die Leute wollten eine Ver\u00e4nderung und Debinavi stellte alles dar, was sie an Polo nicht mochten.\n\nBECK RUSSUM: Wir haben mehr Wahlberichterstattung f\u00fcr Sie, aber jetzt m\u00f6chten wir zu Emily Havilan gehen, die f\u00fcr die Schlussmarke einer Wahlstelle in Midtown New York zur Verf\u00fcgung stand.\n\n[ B-Roll Filmmaterial von B\u00fcrgern, die sich anstellen, um ihre Stimmen abzugeben, und stolz ihre bevorzugten Kandidaten f\u00fcr die Vids zeigen].\n\nEMILY HAVILAN: Danke Beck. Eingebettet in die 68th Street, im Schatten des Senats selbst, kamen die B\u00fcrger von weit her zu diesem Wahllokal, um ihr Recht auszu\u00fcben, bei der Entscheidung \u00fcber die n\u00e4chste Welle von Senatoren zu helfen. Wir sprachen mit Carol Esposito, Hauptorganisatorin dieser Station, \u00fcber die Beteiligung.\n\nCAROL ESPOSITO: Nun, ich bereite unsere Freiwilligen immer darauf vor, eine starke Beteiligung zu erwarten, aber bei jeder Wahl scheint es immer deutlich weniger zu sein, als wir hoffen w\u00fcrden. Heute war es mehr. Viel mehr noch. Wir hatten eine Stunde vor der Er\u00f6ffnung der Wahlen eine Leitung drau\u00dfen und wurden den ganzen Tag \u00fcber zugeschlagen. Wir erhalten immer noch Fernstimmen von der zentralen Verteilung.\n\nEMILY HAVILAN: Glauben Sie, dass die Ereignisse der letzten Monate zu einer Steigerung des politischen Bewusstseins beigetragen haben?\n\nCAROL ESPOSITO: Oh ja. Auf jeden Fall. Die Leute, mit denen ich heute gesprochen habe, wollten sich einbringen. Sie f\u00fchlten sich bef\u00e4higt, einbezogen zu werden. Es war sehr aufregend. So aufregend, dass ich fast vergessen h\u00e4tte, selbst abzustimmen.\n\nEMILY HAVILAN: Wie Sie sehen k\u00f6nnen, ist es eine Aufregung, die auch jetzt noch sp\u00fcrbar ist, nachdem die Abstimmungsger\u00e4te abgeschaltet und die Ergebnisse zur Verarbeitung gesendet wurden. Carol und ihre f\u00fcnfzehn Freiwilligen werden diese Station schlie\u00dfen und sich bei der Zentrale melden, um die Nacht durchzuarbeiten und bei der Finalisierung aller verweilenden Wahlen zu helfen, so dass sie gerade erst anfangen. Aber, wenn man sie fragt, ist es der aufregendste Teil des Jobs, zu wissen, dass sie helfen, heute Abend einen Unterschied in der Richtung zu machen, in der die Menschheit morgen geht. Beck.\n\nBECK RUSSUM: Danke, Emily. Wir werden die ganze Nacht \u00fcber Berichte aus dem ganzen Reich streamen. Wir haben gerade von einer weiteren Wahlbeteiligung geh\u00f6rt, die kurz vor dem Abschluss steht. Diese Kampagne war eine der herausragenden Aktionen und k\u00f6nnte m\u00f6glicherweise ein historischer Moment in der Politik des Menschen sein. Die Ergebnisse f\u00fcr Jalan in Elysium sind da.\n\nALAN NUEVO: Das ist aufregend.\n\nBECK RUSSUM: Suj Kossi, der erste Tevarin, der f\u00fcr den Senat kandidiert hat....\n\nBEN WARDEN: Du bringst mich um.\n\nBECK RUSSUM: Suj Kossi ist nun der erste Tevarin, der einen Senatsitz gewinnt, Gabrielle Graci\u00e1n ist Zweite.\n\nBEN WARDEN: Das ist unglaublich. Herzlichen Gl\u00fcckwunsch an den gew\u00e4hlten Senator Kossi, vor allem.\n\nBECK RUSSUM: Kandidat Graci\u00e1n hat eine Konzessionserkl\u00e4rung ver\u00f6ffentlicht. Lass uns mal zuh\u00f6ren.\n\nGABRIELLE GRACI\u00c1N: Ich m\u00f6chte allen meinen Unterst\u00fctzern, sowohl nah als auch fern, sowie meinen Mitarbeitern danken, die unerm\u00fcdlich daran gearbeitet haben, mich am Leben zu erhalten. Ich m\u00f6chte auch Senator Kossi herzlich gratulieren. W\u00e4hrend wir nicht Auge in Auge sahen, war er ein gn\u00e4diger und ehrenhafter Gegner und ich bin begeistert, dass er mich im Senat vertritt.\n\nBEN WARDEN: Ich bin sicher, das ist nicht das Letzte, was wir von Gabrielle sehen werden. Sie hat sich als wirklich dynamische Kandidatin erwiesen, und ich bin sicher, dass es nur eine Frage der Zeit ist, bis ihr Name auf einem anderen Wahlgang erscheint.\n\nBECK RUSSUM: Es ist also offiziell, der erste Tevarin wurde in den Senat gew\u00e4hlt. Wir machen eine kurze Pause, aber wenn wir zur\u00fcckkommen, gehen wir zum Kossi-Kampagnenhauptquartier, was sicherlich absolut euphorisch ist.\n\nALAN NUEVO: Auf jeden Fall. Wir werden auch ein exklusives Interview mit Callum Robb f\u00fchren, dem Star der Hit-Show Lost Squad, der auch als Freiwilliger f\u00fcr einen Senatorialkandidaten arbeitet. Welcher? Wir sagen es dir nach der Pause. Hier ist Empire Report.\n\nGetriebeunterbrechung >","zh_CN":"< Transmission Begins >\nALAN NUEVO: Hello and welcome back to Election Night coverage on the Empire Report, I\u2019m Alan Nuevo.\n\nBECK RUSSUM: And I\u2019m Beck Russum. We\u2019re joined by Ben Warden, a political strategist and author of Steps for Humanity: A Study of Political Discourse.\n\nBEN WARDEN: Thanks for having me. I have to say, this has been quite a day.\n\nALAN NUEVO: It really has.\n\nBECK RUSSUM: And we\u2019re just getting started. We\u2019re continually receiving comms from our sources around the Empire as planets continue to tabulate votes for the 2946 Senatorial Race.\n\nALAN NUEVO: That\u2019s right, Beck. We\u2019ve just received an update from Borea, with 87% of the votes finalized, longtime incumbent and current Speaker Marshall Madrigal seems to have secured another term. Which shouldn\u2019t come as much of a surprise. Madrigal has become one of those political institutions over the years.\n\nBECK RUSSUM: It is surprising, actually. Earlier this year, political insiders claimed that he was contemplating retirement at the end of this term.\n\nBEN WARDEN: I heard the same, but watching Madrigal the past few months, I have to say I\u2019m glad he reconsidered. After the tragedy of Vega II, he\u2019s become the Madrigal of old. It feels like he\u2019s been woken up. Found purpose. That\u2019s the thing that\u2019s very interesting when looking at multi-term politicians. After a while, they fall into a routine, where they slog through the machinations of legislation until they need to begin campaigning again and then repeat. Some almost refuse to commit to pushing a political agenda for fear of alienating potential voters, which, if I may be blunt, leads to the bureaucratic stagnation that we suffered under for so long.\n\nALAN NUEVO: Sorry to interrupt you, Ben, but we just got an update from Croshaw. Angeli just announced their results. Windel Aurelia and Yann Isher secured their seats for another term.\n\nBEN WARDEN: I think I know where this is heading.\n\nALAN NUEVO: Kyle Polo lost his seat to Sean Debinavi, a Universalist from Quinton.\n\nBEN WARDEN: Wow.\n\nBECK RUSSUM: Although a political unknown outside of Angeli, Debinavi has been a fixture of local politics for decades and ran a near perfect campaign. He outmaneuvered Polo at nearly every debate.\n\nBEN WARDEN: Polo\u2019s popularity plummeted after Vega II and Debinavi kept him on the defensive the entire campaign. Stoddard Polls indicated that voters never let him get out from underneath the weight of the Polo Initiative, which, in my opinion, was a little unfair. Not many people remember, but Polo was asked to draft the bill by Witness Cavendish to address the growing spending crisis within the government.\n\nBECK RUSSUM: It was still his idea.\n\nBEN WARDEN: Yes, but he was trying to offer a solution to a very real problem. The Vanduul attack simply reminded people that there were threats at our borders.\n\nALAN NUEVO: Debinavi\u2019s theme for his campaign was \u201cFoundation,\u201d where he ran on a platform of getting back to solid, dependable government.\n\nBEN WARDEN: He was pushing a very classic pro-military, pro-security strategy, which fed right into all of the issues people had with Polo. The people wanted a change and Debinavi represented everything they disliked about Polo.\n\nBECK RUSSUM: We\u2019ve got more election coverage coming up for you, but now we\u2019d like to go to Emily Havilan who was on hand for the closing mark of a voting station in midtown New York.\n\n[ B-Roll footage of citizens lining up to cast their votes, proudly displaying their preferred Senate candidates for the vids ]\n\nEMILY HAVILAN: Thanks Beck. Nestled on east 68th Street, in the shadow of the Senate itself, Citizens came from far and wide to this voting station to exercise their right to help decide the next wave of senators. We spoke with Carol Esposito, chief organizer for this station, about the turnout.\n\nCAROL ESPOSITO: Well, I always prep our volunteers to expect a heavy turnout, but every election, it seems to always be considerably less than we\u2019d hope. Today, it was more. Much more. We had a line outside an hour before the polls opened and were slammed all day. We\u2019re still receiving remote votes from central distribution.\n\nEMILY HAVILAN: Do you think the events of the past few months have contributed to an increase in political awareness?\n\nCAROL ESPOSITO: Oh yes. Most definitely. The people I talked to today wanted to get involved. They felt empowered to be involved. It was very exciting. So exciting, I nearly forgot to vote myself.\n\nEMILY HAVILAN: As you can see, it\u2019s an excitement that\u2019s palpable even now after the voting terminals have been powered down and the results sent for processing. Carol and her fifteen volunteers will close up this station and report to the central office to work through the night to assist with finalization of any lingering elections, so they\u2019re just getting started. But, if you ask them, it\u2019s the most exciting part of the job, knowing that they\u2019re helping make a difference tonight in the direction Humanity takes tomorrow. Beck.\n\nBECK RUSSUM: Thanks, Emily. We\u2019ll be streaming in reports from around the Empire throughout the night. We\u2019ve just received word about another election turnout that\u2019s close to finalization. This campaign has been one of the stand-outs and could potentially be a historic moment in Human politics. The results for Jalan in Elysium have come in.\n\nALAN NUEVO: That\u2019s exciting.\n\nBECK RUSSUM: Suj Kossi, the first Tevarin to run for Senate \u2026\n\nBEN WARDEN: You\u2019re killing me.\n\nBECK RUSSUM: Suj Kossi is now the first Tevarin to win a Senate seat with Gabrielle Graci\u00e1n coming in second.\n\nBEN WARDEN: That\u2019s incredible. Congratulations to Senator-elect Kossi, first of all.\n\nBECK RUSSUM: Candidate Graci\u00e1n has released a concession statement. Let\u2019s take a listen.\n\nGABRIELLE GRACI\u00c1N: I would like to thank all my supporters, both near and far, as well as my staff who worked tirelessly to keep me going. I would also like to extend my heartfelt congratulations to Senator Kossi. While we didn\u2019t see eye to eye, he was a gracious and honorable opponent and I\u2019m thrilled to have him represent me in the Senate.\n\nBEN WARDEN: I\u2019m sure this isn\u2019t the last we\u2019ll see of Gabrielle. She\u2019s proven herself to be a really dynamic candidate and I\u2019m sure it\u2019s only a matter of time before her name appears on another ballot.\n\nBECK RUSSUM: So it\u2019s official, the first Tevarin has been elected to the Senate. We\u2019re going to take a quick break, but when we come back, we\u2019ll go out to the Kossi campaign headquarters, which I\u2019m sure are absolutely euphoric.\n\nALAN NUEVO: Absolutely. We\u2019ll also have an exclusive interview with Callum Robb, star of the hit show Lost Squad, who also moonlights as a volunteer for a Senatorial candidate. Which one? We\u2019ll tell you after the break. This is Empire Report.\n\n< Transmission Break >"},"links_count":0,"comment_count":100,"created_at":"2016-05-04T00:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"9 years ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-04-29 05:49:12","valid_relations":["images","links","translations"],"prev_id":15321,"next_id":15325}}