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☝️ It is increasingly being reported in more and more places that several Tisza candidates may step down, including Anna Müller in North Pest, who is performing very poorly in the opposition’s internal race against DK’s Balázs Barkóczi. This would be particularly bad news for North Pest and the patriots living here, because it would make it very difficult to defeat Balázs Barkóczi. 9 days to go! Go North Pest! Go Fidesz! 🇭🇺✌️

This is bad news for Fidesz and for the patriots of North Pest—I’m honestly not calm about it. In recent days, it’s been reported more and more often that Anna Müller—my fellow Tisza candidate, I won’t call her my opponent because my real opponent is Balázs Barkóczi—might be one of those Tisza candidates stepping down in the final days.

And unfortunately, this would mean that, as we know, pro-Brussels voters are in the majority in Budapest. If opposition votes are not split between the strong DK candidate Balázs Barkóczi and the weaker Tisza candidate Anna Müller, then I have no chance of winning the individual mandate. I only have a chance if Tisza takes some votes away from Barkóczi.

And indeed, we are seeing this in more and more places—we’ll show a few examples here—that Anna Müller could be one of the Tisza candidates stepping down. From Kyiv’s or Brussels’ perspective, this might be a logical move, but from the perspective of North Pest, it would be nothing short of a tragedy if Balázs Barkóczi remained a Member of Parliament for another four years.

In any case, we are still campaigning as if there is a chance for a patriotic victory in North Pest—although, of course, in the final four days we will campaign in a more restrained manner. I’ll include below the latest figures from the North Pest election barometer. This still does not include Péter Magyar’s alleged violent sex scandal. A new barometer will be released on Sunday—I’m curious to see whether there will be any change as a result of that scandal.

🧠 Quick overview

👉 Main narrative:

“TISZA withdraws → Fidesz loses”
“opposition = pro-Brussels majority”
“vote splitting = key to victory”
“election = patriots vs. Brussels”

👉 Underlying formula:

fear + tactical voting + rumor + external enemy
→ “if this happens → we have no chance”

🔍 What is actually happening here?

1️⃣ Spreading rumors / unverified information

👉 Excerpt:
“it can be read in more and more places…”
“Müller Anna may be one of those withdrawing”

👉 Technique:

  • no concrete source
  • “more and more places” → illusion of credibility
  • conditional phrasing (“may”) → still feels like a fact

👉 Goal:

➡️ create uncertainty
➡️ prepare a narrative even if it’s not true

👉 Effect:

➡️ feeling that “something is happening in the background”

2️⃣ Manipulating tactical voting

👉 Excerpt:
“I only have a chance if Tisza takes votes away”

👉 Technique:

  • explicit vote-calculation
  • not about programs, but about distribution

👉 Goal:

➡️ influence voter behavior
➡️ “don’t vote like that, or we lose”

👉 Effect:

➡️ voters decide out of fear, not conviction

3️⃣ Bringing in an external enemy (Brussels / Kyiv)

👉 Excerpt:
“from Brussels’ perspective, this would be logical”
“from Kyiv’s perspective…”

👉 Technique:

  • links a domestic political event to foreign actors
  • without evidence

👉 Goal:

➡️ shift narrative from domestic politics to foreign interference
➡️ strengthen enemy framing

👉 Effect:

➡️ distrust toward the opposition
➡️ “they are not independent”

4️⃣ False inevitability

👉 Excerpt:
“if votes are not split → there is no chance”

👉 Technique:

  • oversimplified cause-effect
  • reduces political reality to a single variable

👉 Goal:

➡️ create a sense of forced choice
➡️ “this is the only path”

👉 Effect:

➡️ narrowed thinking
➡️ exclusion of alternatives

5️⃣ Discrediting the opponent

👉 Excerpt:
“weak Tisza candidate”
“DK strongman”

👉 Technique:

  • labeling
  • emotional qualification instead of facts

👉 Goal:

➡️ distort perception of actors
➡️ strengthen own position

👉 Effect:

➡️ simple “good vs. bad” framing

6️⃣ Fear framing (loss narrative)

👉 Excerpt:
“I have no chance”
“it would be a tragedy”

👉 Technique:

  • exaggerated consequences
  • emotional amplification

👉 Goal:

➡️ create urgency
➡️ mobilize through fear

👉 Effect:

➡️ panic-like political reaction

7️⃣ Majority illusion

👉 Excerpt:
“in Budapest, pro-Brussels voters are in the majority”

👉 Technique:

  • unsupported generalization
  • “everyone thinks this” feeling

👉 Goal:

➡️ normalize a claim
➡️ pressure the voter

👉 Effect:

➡️ “then it must be true”

8️⃣ Introducing a scandal without evidence

👉 Excerpt:
“Magyar Péter’s violent sex scandal”

👉 Technique:

  • mentioning a scandal without context
  • timing: right before the election

👉 Goal:

➡️ character assassination
➡️ agenda-setting

👉 Effect:

➡️ fixation of negative associations

⚠️ Overall picture (short)

This is a classic campaign message that:

  • relies on rumors
  • creates fear
  • pushes toward tactical voting
  • introduces an external enemy
  • simplifies reality

👉 Real goal:

not to inform, but to
➡️ influence behavior (how you vote)

💥 Key sentence (essence)

👉
“What matters is not who represents what — but how the votes are distributed.”