8th Culture Competitions

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8th Culture Competitions
General
RegionThe Leftist Assembly
Start18 May 2021
Finish28 May 2021
Winners
ArthropodWestern honeybee
BirdPhoenix
Coat of armsThe Great Seal of TLA
FishNew Samon
FloraRose
MottoUnity in diversity
PoemCommunism's cool by Podria
Western honeybee, the chosen arthropod.

The 8th Culture Competitions was the eighth biannual design event held in The Leftist Assembly, hosted by Minister of Information Soviet Catgirls from 18 to 28 May 2021. The event was held to select a new regional arthropod, bird, coat of arms, flora, motto, and poem.

The submissions stage was held from 18 to 25 May, followed by the voting stage from 25 to 28 May.

Methodology[edit | edit source]

Voter eligibility[edit | edit source]

To be eligible to vote, a nation must be an electoral citizen, which requires that individual to reside in The Leftist Assembly with their World Assembly nation (World Assembly citizen), or to have their World Assembly nation be registered in an affiliated anti-fascist military (Military Voting citizen) or an allied NSLeft region (dual citizen).

Counting[edit | edit source]

The single transferable voting (STV) system is used, whereby voters rank the options in order of their preference. The primary vote of each option is then tallied, and the option with the least votes is eliminated and their votes preferentially distributed in a repeated process until one option achieves a majority.

Results[edit | edit source]

Arthropod[edit | edit source]

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

The following were the results of the vote:

Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
Western honeybee 7 7 8 (7)
Atlantic ghost crab 4 5 8 (4)
Stickbug 4 4 -
Sacred scarab 1 - -
Barn spider 0 - -

Western honeybee was elected as the regional arthropod in the third round, decided on first preferences as a tiebreaker.

Bird[edit | edit source]

The submissions can be found here: https://imgur.com/a/M3gNYI6

The following were the results of the vote:

8th Culture Competitions - Bird contest
Phoenix
10
Summer tanager
4
Archaeopteryx
1
Balaur bondoc
1
Sapeornis
0

Phoenix was elected as the regional bird in the first round with a majority.

Coat of arms[edit | edit source]

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

The following were the results of the vote:

8th Culture Competitions - Coat of arms contest
The Great Seal of TLA
8
The Internationalist Pentagon
8

The Great Seal of The Leftist Assembly was re-elected as the regional coat-of-arms in the first round, with preference given to the status quo due to a tie.

Fish[edit | edit source]

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

The following were the results of the vote:

8th Culture Competitions - Fish contest
New Samon
10
Koi
3
Walleye
2
Dunkleosteous terrelli
1

New Samon was elected as the regional fish in the first round with a majority.

Flora[edit | edit source]

The submissions can be found here: https://imgur.com/a/7ucjAIe

The following were the results of the vote:

Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4
Rose 4 5 6 9
Flame lily 5 5 6 7
Giant sequoia 4 4 4 -
Wisteria 2 2 - -
Common yew 1 - - -

Rose was re-elected as the regional flora in the fourth round with a majority.

Motto[edit | edit source]

The submissions were as follows:

  1. Unity in diversity (current)
  2. For the people's sovereignty / Nam vulgaris ius iudiciumque (Los Estados Socialistas del Cono Sur)
  3. To build the union is to build the revolution (Asturies-Llion)
  4. Unity and harmony through international cooperation (Jyapin)

The following were the results of the vote:

8th Culture Competitions - Motto contest
Unity in diversity
12
To build the union...
4
For the people's...
0
Unity and harmony...
0

Unity in diversity was re-elected as the regional motto in the first round with a majority.

Poem[edit | edit source]

The submissions were as follows:

  1. Communism’s cool, Let's abolish capital, Then get some ice cream (Podria)

The following were the results of the vote:

8th Culture Competitions - Poem contest
Communism's cool
12
Seek other
4

Communism's cool was elected as the regional poem in the first round with a majority.