The results of an Okryu/University of Yurtpyitaw informal survey taken over the past two weeks, provided to New Light of Yurtyzstan today, indicate that Yurtyzstani voters are most interested in candidates' stances on the nation's culture and the development of its internal economy.
The major factions are sharply divided in both areas. The upstart Prosperity for Yurtyzstan Coalition, a broad centre-right organisation joining moderate capitalist independents with the hard-right Impoverished Yurtyzstanis' Front, has advocated a strong focus on cultivating a culture of intellectual achievement and on reexamining Yurtyzstan's Asian influences. The PYC also proposes a dramatic and historic shift to free-market capitalism, with the legalisation of private enterprise and the establishment of a commodity-backed currency with tight controls to prevent inflation. The Yurtyzstani Workers' Party aims to restore Yurtyzstan's early totalitarian culture, inspired primarily by North Korean society, and to maintain the existing command economy.
The importance of these two issues, speculates Yurt Ji-hwan of Okryu Applications, is likely due in large part to the campaign of PYC leader and national founder J.J. Hakimoto. "[Hakimoto] has focused on these issues the most, and he is obviously very popular, so it makes sense that the nation has put importance on them," he explained.
Tentative informal polling suggests that voters prefer Prosperity for Yurtyzstan's platform by a wide margin, though more definitive analysis will likely be published in the coming weeks.
