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Ralf Mohr 14h ago

Fidesz' massive defeat comes despite:
- multiple active Russian disinformation campaigns
- the US government actively supporting Fidesz
- Fidesz owning the majority of TV & radio stations + newspapers
- Fidesz having gerrymandered the crap out of the country
- many documented cases of voter suppression & paying disinfrenchised voters for support
- Fidesz pouring unprecedented $$$ into their campaign

Feeling a little proud of my country for the first time in a while 🇭🇺

@Techaltar oh wie ist das schön! Oh wie ist das schön! 🥳🥳🥳

Paul Cantrell 14h ago

@Techaltar @adamshostack

Your country is fantastic, I loved it when I was there, and I am so incredibly happy for you today. Good luck in all the work to come. I’ll be rooting for you!

Clemens 14h ago

@Techaltar Do you have a theory on what's going on with the mail votes going 90%/8% for FIDESZ/TISZA on https://vtr.valasztas.hu/ogy2026/orszagos-listak?tab=partlistak&filter=orszagos-eredmenyek? That feels suspect given the rest of the results so far.

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@neverpanic @Techaltar It's not, mail votes are only from ethnic Hungarians in neighboring countries

Inc Hulk 🧪13h ago

@aronkvh @neverpanic @Techaltar True! Ethnic Hungarians are allowed postal votes, but the massive numbers of expats across the EU were denied postal votes (they tend to be anti-Orban, escaping the oppressive regime).

@IncHulk @aronkvh @neverpanic @Techaltar what fraction of Hungarian expats are not Ethnic Hungarians? I had not realized there was a lot of internal diversity there.

Inc Hulk 🧪12h ago

@oddhack @aronkvh @neverpanic @Techaltar The term ethnic Hungarians usually refers to the Hungarian population who were in the 2/3 of the area of Hungary given to other countries at the end of WW1 by the treaty made mainly by the French & British victors. In those areas, schools & churches all spoke Hungarian for many decades after the division. Orban gave votes to all these ethnic Hungarians (who had never lived in the current land of Hungary).

@IncHulk @aronkvh @neverpanic @Techaltar wow, I have learned something - thanks!

Giving voting rights to your own citizens who live abroad is a far stretch from this. I wonder to what degree eventually reclaiming that territory, as Orban was pushing for in Ukraine, was a part of this policy. Visiting the national museum in Budapest, I got a small sense of how traumatizing the first half of the 20th century must have been for Hungarian identity.

Titia Schuurman 10h ago

@oddhack @IncHulk @aronkvh @neverpanic @Techaltar I visited the Budapest city museum (I think) 30 years ago, and I remember the exhibition explaining how, after that loss of big parts of the country, the capital city was like a huge head sitting on a too small body.

Still, the most vivid memory I retained was how, at some point long ago, a medieval Pope decided to excommunicate the Hungarians for some reason or other. Not wanting to be outdone, the Hungarians in turn excommunicated the Pope. 💪

@titia The KGB museum was also sobering. Re the dueling excommunications, it is easy to imagine that happening again with Couchfucker Vance and the Pope.They're already threatening a schismatic Antipope.

@titia one of my memories from several visits to Hungary ca. 2010 was that the capital itself was an interesting mix of (often reconstructed) AH Empire, soulless Communist concrete blocks, and modern, but it felt like a relatively modern city... then I went out to the suburbs to a ballroom dance and things were much more grim. Then taking the train to Vienna, the countryside reminded me of very poor parts of the Former US, like rural Alabama. Crossing into Austria was night and day.

Titia Schuurman 4h ago

@oddhack I also went on from Budapest to Vienna by train, but my foremost memory from that journey is the weather. It was about this time in spring, Budapest had been very rainy and chilly and we were hoping it would be sunnier and warmer in Vienna. Not so: we stared in disbelief through the train window as it started to snow on the vineyards along the way. 🥶

@IncHulk @aronkvh @neverpanic @Techaltar also just so I'm clear - Hungary granted postal voting rights to Ethnic Hungarians who have never lived there, but does not grant them to Hungarian citizens living abroad? Or did I misread your post?

Inc Hulk 🧪12h ago

@oddhack @aronkvh @neverpanic @Techaltar Citizens abroad can return to Hungary, or vote at an Embassy. Just not by postal vote.

@oddhack @IncHulk @neverpanic @Techaltar Voters who do not have an address in Hungary can vote in mail only for the party list. Voters with an address inside Hungary can vote in-person abroad, both for their local MP and the party list.

Scary Austin 14h ago

@Techaltar
You should be so proud! You are an inspiration! Love from the USA as we battle on. ❤️

Henrik Müller 🔹14h ago

@Techaltar Remélem meglesz a 2/3

Anna Miriamsdochter 14h ago

@Techaltar so happy for you!

Rebecca Wallace 14h ago

@Techaltar I lived in Budapest from 2001 to 2003, had to listen to Orbán way too much then. This is stunning.

GeraintLlanfrancheta 14h ago

@Techaltar godspeed to you and welcome back

Mensch Antimeier 14h ago

@Techaltar The "active US support" these days is more like bane than a boon.

Titia Schuurman 13h ago

@Sdfendor @Techaltar yeah, looks like JD's visit was the final nail in the coffin. ✔️

Soozcat 12h ago

@titia @Sdfendor @Techaltar First the pope, now him. The corollary to "everything Trump touches dies" is "and if it's not dying fast enough, send Vance"

@Techaltar Let's first wait whether they got more than two thirds of the seats, otherwise they are weeks away from the president announcing reelections.

@Techaltar Putting the old regime in jail immediately could work, though.

🚩🏴14h ago

@Techaltar Congrats and I hope your country will be well soon !

Jeroen Wiert Pluimers 14h ago

@Techaltar congratulations.

nellie-m 14h ago

And I’m happy for you 💛

and very grateful for this powerful, encouraging signal your country is sending to the world today!

DebC (She/Her)♿️☮️14h ago

@Techaltar 16 years! Watching from #US to see how it's done.

@Techaltar 💚

@Techaltar Congrats. I am so happy. I have fond memories of travelling Hungary with my dad when I was 20 and was so glad when they joined the EU.

Dieter Komendera 14h ago

@Techaltar Rightfully so. As your neighbors: Thank you!

BSM (sw.s) 🇨🇭14h ago

@Techaltar I'm feeling really happy for you, Hungary, Europe and Democracy!

RolloTreadway 14h ago

@Techaltar Congratulations!

Dr. Oblivious 14h ago

@Techaltar Hungarian voters did it, now let's see if enough Americans can pull their heads out of their asses and do the same in November!

@Techaltar Thank you so much! and congratulations! We can defeat these guys and your country just reminded the world of this! Kudos from Paris 🙂

Mr. Bill 14h ago

@Techaltar ~ Congratulations!!! One down and a few to go and they certainly will. The world tips their hat to a newborn democracy.

HTPC NZ 14h ago

@Techaltar Congratulations to all Hungarians today, also think a major reason is the opposition were not acting as if they are a diet version of Fidesz, they clearly opposed what Fidesz stood for and made that very clear. Some other mainstream opposition parties around the world need to learn to do the same very fast.

Edit I take that back after reading the new guy oppose supporting Ukraine.

Pelican Dock Music 14h ago

@Techaltar
it's dawn

@dockwalk @Techaltar
Here comes the sun

GJ Groothedde 🇪🇺14h ago

@Techaltar Congrats!

@Techaltar Congrats! Wasn't expecting it, hopefully something will change for you guys, even though the new leader seems like a younger Orban though 😕

Aleksandar 13h ago

@Techaltar congarts, neighbour 🎉

MissScott01 13h ago

@Techaltar today we thank you, and celebrate together! 🫶🤝🇪🇺

Titia Schuurman 13h ago

@Techaltar Much love from Finland! You have given us the best news in a long while!!! ❤️🤍💚

Congratulations! What countered the disinformation?

Inc Hulk 🧪13h ago

@alienghic @Techaltar You ask what countered the disinformation in Hungary - well just about every educated person I know ignored the blatant propaganda of the free TV & radio stations and newspapers (all bought by right-wingers). The very rich like the right, the very poor don’t understand foreign languages or have internet; but the majority came to hate the corrupt putin/trump supported regime.
The future is with the EU!!!

musashimaru 13h ago

Let's hope this nightmare is over.

❄️SnowyIn🇨🇦❄️13h ago

@Techaltar
Well done!

Inc Hulk 🧪13h ago

@Techaltar Watching TV in Hungary, the crowds out for the new leader are absolutely massive!!!
I was at the rally with about 200k people, but this looks bigger.

Inc Hulk 🧪13h ago

@Techaltar Now the crowd is chanting “Europe- Europe - Europe…..”.

Very happy here !!!!!!!

@Techaltar Merkel hätte Reiche "das Vertrauen ausgesprochen". Merz ist 1 dingsda

Never underestimate the power of the people...

@Techaltar The big problem with gerrymandering is, it can backfire big time!

Paul_IPv6 13h ago

absolutely inspiring and thrilling. congratulations!

i pray the US does so well in November 2026 and beyond.

Wenzel Massag 13h ago

@Techaltar this makes me so happy!

SamuelJohnson 13h ago

@Techaltar Best wishes and welcome back from Ireland.