5th Culture Competitions



The 5th Culture Competitions was the fifth regional design event held in The Leftist Assembly, hosted by Minister of Information Argentigrad from 18 October to 1 November 2019. The event was held to select a new regional animal, anthem, and flag.

Timeline

 * 18 October: Submission entry commenced
 * 25 October: Submissions entry closed
 * 27 October - 1 November: Vote on all contests

Voting
To be eligible to vote, a nation must either be a World Assembly or Military Voting citizen, meaning a resident in the region that is either a member of the World Assembly or registered as actively participating in a leftist or anti-fascist military.

Voters were asked to rank every submission on their ballot for each contest.

Counting
The single transferable voting system is used, where the primary votes of all submissions are tallied, and the submission with the least votes is eliminated and their votes preferentially distributed until one submission achieves a majority.

Animal
The submissions can be found here: https://imgur.com/a/Af9tfC8

The following are the results of the vote:

Wojtek the Bear was elected as the regional animal in the second round with a tiebreaker on first preferences.

Anthem
The submissions were as follows:
 * 1) The Internationale (Instrumental) (Current)
 * 2) Do You Hear The People Sing?, Les Misérables (Kavagrad)
 * 3) Gather Round, David Rovics (Libertasnia)
 * 4) The Socialist Marseillaise (Wascoitan)
 * 5) Hasta Siempre, Carlos Puebla (Argentigrad)
 * 6) À La Volonté Du Peuple, Les Misérables (Nouvelle California)
 * 7) Grândola, Vila Morena, Zeca Afonso (Czechoslovakia and Zakarpatia)

The following are the results of the vote:

* Eliminated on third preferences.

The Internationale (Instrumental) was re-elected in the sixth round with a majority.

Flag
The submissions can be found here: https://imgur.com/a/BUQtJLW

The following are the results of the vote:

Rosy Red was re-elected as the regional flag in the first round with a majority.