3rd Culture Competitions



The 3rd Culture Competitions was the third regional design event held in The Leftist Assembly, hosted by Llorens from 6 to 18 October 2018. The event was held to select a new regional animal, anthem, coat-of-arms, flag, and government seals.

The submissions panel, which shortlisted entries in the anthem and flag contests, consisted of Llorens, The Final Horseman, and Kavagrad.

Timeline

 * 6 October: Submission entry commenced
 * 13 October: Submissions entry closed; submissions panel shortlisted entries
 * 13-18 October: Vote on all contests

Counting
Votes were counted using the Condorcet system, where each candidate was compared head-to-head. The candidate that beat all others head-to-head is known as the 'Condorcet winner' automatically wins, but if no candidate achieves this, then a series of tiebreakers was undertaken:


 * Candidate with most wins
 * Winner of a single transferable vote or head-to-head
 * Most primary votes, secondary votes, and so on

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

The following are the results of the vote:

As it was the Condorcet winner, Laika the Space Dog was maintained as the regional animal.

Anthem
The submissions were as follows:
 * 1) The Internationale (Instrumental) (Current)
 * 2) Der offene Aufmarsch, Hanns Eisler/Erich Weinert (Hecknamistan)
 * 3) Song of the United Front, Hanns Eisler/Bertolt Brecht (Hecknamistan)
 * 4) Do You Hear The People Sing?, Les Miserables (Kavagrad)
 * 5) Listen! Workers of the World, Japanese Communist Party (Llorens)
 * 6) Solidarity Forever, Pete Seeger (New Arkados)
 * 7) Red and Black Song, Les Miserables (Nottinhaps)
 * 8) El Pueblo Unido (Queerterra)
 * 9) Power to the People, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (Queerterra)

The following are the results of the vote:

After tying with Song of the United Front on most number of wins, The Internationale (Instrumental) defeated it head-to-head and was maintained as the regional anthem.

Coat-of-Arms
The submissions can be found here: https://imgur.com/a/BMzABeA

The following are the results of the vote:

As it was the Condorcet winner, the existing coat-of-arms was maintained.

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

The following are the results of the vote:

As it was the Condorcet winner, Llorens #1 was selected as the regional flag.

Government Seals
The submissions were as follows:
 * 1) Llorens #1
 * 2) The Final Horseman #1

The following are the results of the vote:

As it was the Condorcet winner, The Final Horseman #1 was selected as the regional government seals.