Your family: 2009 V/S 2005 elections, any change?

[Sniper®]

Originally Posted by tayyar asla

i know around 50 people from jbeil ,zahla,and keserwan.they voted or Ha in 2005 just because he was against the tahlof elrobe3a

and 50 % from people who voted for 14ers in 2005 coz of 7elf Robe3eh will vote for the opposition list
those 50% votes in all Lebanon

[michom]

never voted before since we vote in Achrafieh.
0/9 in 2005
9/9 in 2009 for FPM list, no one will vote against, binem barrat l bet :D my aunt might add one of the Tueni's if they are going to run for the elections. My father and I are usually outside Lebanon, but we're planning to go back hopefully during elections

[Orange Room]

we vote in Metn, we are around 100+ votes, 2005 all FPM same case 2009

[NAFAR]

my father's side family vote in Jezzine.
All uncles anf families Pro-FPM, but we have a problem if Samir Azar is a candidate, we have to vote for him....because he is family.

My mother's family and my wife family in Jbeil all are FPM and still, except two aunts married to Kartaba are pro-S3eid (because they are neighbours) and they are still pro-S3eid.

[orange infection]

in my family no changes
i will reach 21 in 2 months
so this year is the first time i am allowed to vote
but i don't think i will go all the way to 2bayyet to vote since we're losing anyway (it's not a depression , these are just the facts )
however , i will be active with my FPMer friends here in maten

[loubnaniTO]

Metn family:
immediate family
2005: 100% FPM
2009: 10000000% FPM (with toshtib to those who "remember" last minute to join FPM)
extended family
2005: 99% FPM
2009: 99% FPM

Ashrafieh 1 family
2005: 1/3 FPM, 1/3 Hariri, 1/3 didn't vote
2009: 100% FPM

[Abou J]

Bint Jbeil Family

Same as 2005, all hardcore FPM, about 25-30 votes. They might not see the need to vote in 2009 as they are a minority within a sea of HA supporters...and this time, they're on the same ballot.

Aley Family

About 40 votes, in 2005, 50-60% are FPM, the rest between Kataeb and very selective candidates based on personal friendship. It will be the same in 2009.

On a side note, I am glad to report that the entire family and its extended branches are LF-free. That wasn't the case yrs ago.

[Tayyar Keserwen]

All FPM except my dad... Pro-March 14, bas since we vote in Chouf, he will add FPM's candidate kermele lol.

In addition, there's my vote that's now been added to the family count, and of course for FPM.

[Dry Ice]

Originally Posted by NAFAR

are pro-S3eid (because they are neighbours) and they are still pro-S3eid.

With all due respect to Nafar and certainly not singling out the above, that is an example of how advanced are politics in Lebanon... Such matter is happening around us at every election:

walaw, he is our neighbor
walaw, he treats people for free
walaw, he repaired the town's church
walaw, he donated money to our association
walaw, he helped your brother
etc.. etc..

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[arman-i]

Originally Posted by X

One of my uncles who used to be pro FPM switched to FM, he works with them and is benefiting from them financially (not just for the elections), he lobbied for Amine Gemayel in 2007 elections (he votes in Beirut, but lobbied between his friends who vote in Maten), but after the racist comment on the Armenians the night of the elections, he didn't know where to hide. As for 2009 my cousin told me that my uncle is going to vote for the FM only (won't vote for the Christians of Qoraytem because of the 2007 elections).

My other uncle who used to be a close friend of Rafic el Hariri and was with the FM in 2005 is now with FPM, he hates Saad el Hariri and considers him a very drity person, but he still loves Rafic el Hariri, as for the elections, i haven't talked to him, but all his family participated in the opposition demonstrations against the government and my cousins are exited about FPM more than me.

As for my family, we vote in Beirut 3, so i doubt anyone of us will vote, we didn't vote in 2005 too, in 2005 they were pro FPM mainly because of me, now they are FPM more than me, my brother's wife is from Ain el Remene and she along with her family used to be LF, they switched to FPM before 2005 elections and they are still with FPM.

As for the rest, apart from a couple (husband and wife) who were with FPM in 2005 and now are anti-FPM (dont know if they will vote for the others) all the people i know will vote for those who they did vote for in 2005 (loyalists will vote for the loyalists and opposition will vote for the opposition).

I also know lot of Armenians who are very much exited to vote against the loyalists due to the 2007 racist comments by Amine and co. I predict a record number of Armenian voters this time around.

X, i wish all your family would vote no matter where, it's not the vote it's the standing.

as for my family, we all 30 votes will go to orange way, but hope all of them will be in lebanon at that time.