Prezident 21
Prezident 21 is an interactive website, created by the Czech mathematician and political activist Karel Janeček and his think tank, Institute H21, used to familiarise voters with a proposed system to select a presidential candidate for the 2018 Czech presidential election.[1]
Operation
[edit]The software went live on 21 December 2016.[2] Participants were allowed to nominate anyone except for the software creator, Janeček. Everyone who voted was allowed three positive votes and one negative vote.
Outcome
[edit]Over 3,000 people participated in the first few hours of the website's creation, after which Šimon Pánek was in first place. The incumbent president Miloš Zeman was last.[3] Zeman's poor result was said to be most likely due to the fact that his supporters were less active on the Internet.[4] By April 2017, Michal Horáček had taken the lead, and was then overtaken by Jiří Drahoš. The software developers announced a plan to conduct opinion polls through the software.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Prezident 21" (in Czech). Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
- ^ "Hledejte příštího prezidenta, vyzývá Čechy miliardář Janeček. Zeman zatím zcela propadá" [Look for the next president, calls Czech billionaire Janeček. Zeman is completely failing so far]. Eurozprávy (in Czech). 21 December 2016. Archived from the original on 23 December 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
- ^ Michal Polák (21 December 2016). "Janeček odstartoval hru, ve které hledá nového českého prezidenta. Vede Pánek, Zeman je poslední" [Janeček started the game in which he is looking for a new Czech president. Panek leads, Zeman is the last]. Aktuálně (in Czech). Retrieved 14 February 2017.
- ^ "V prezidentské anketě drtivě vede Pánek. Má to ale dvě ale" [Pánek leads overwhelmingly in the presidential poll. But it has two buts]. Echo24 (in Czech). 24 December 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
- ^ "Janečkovu hru o hledání prezidenta vede Horáček, Drahoš rychle roste" [Janeček's game for the president is led by Horáček, Drahoš is growing rapidly]. Novinky (in Czech). 20 April 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
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