View source for Gorkymoo1119's campaign for the May 2021 Nubia elections

{{Election campaign|title1=gorkymoo1119 for Foreign Affairs|image1=[[File:GorkyForCompetencyMay2021Elections.png|180px]] <br> One of his main posters, with his slogan ''Keep Foreign Affairs Competent''|campaigned_for=[[May 2021 Nubia elections|May 2021 Nubian MoFA election]]|Candidate=[[file:GorkyBoy.png|20px]] [[gorkymoo1119]]|Status=Announced: 25th April 2021 <br> First election propaganda: 27th April 2021 <br> Won election: 1st May 2021|slogan=''Keep Foreign Affairs Competent'' <br> ''Keep Foreign Affairs Working'' <br> ''[[who else might he trust|who else might he trust?]]''}}'''[[Gorkymoo1119]]'s campaign for the [[May 2021 Nubia elections]]''' for the race of Minister of Foreign Affairs in [[Nubia]] was first announced on the 25th April 2021. He first campaigned on the 27th April 2021, winning the election on the 1st May 2021.

== Background ==

=== Previous political campaigns ===
[[Gorkymoo1119]] had campaigned for every Minister race but the [[January 2021 Nubia elections]] ever since Nubian independence from [[Yemen]], consistently being elected to government.

==== Minister of Foreign Affairs campaigns ====
After the [[January 2021 Nubia elections|January elections]], [[gorkymoo1119]] would start campaigning for the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs. He would often use political adverts, posting multiple times a day. He also would post attack adverts, most notably in the [[February 2021 Nubia Minister of Foreign Affairs election|February Minister of Foreign Affairs election]] in which he created a [[To Plushie Foxy|political advert]] questioning the notability of his competitors.

=== Speculation and interest expressed ===
''See also: [[Speculation about candidates running in the May 2021 Nubia elections]]''

[[Gorkymoo1119]] would soon become subject of [[Speculation about candidates running in the May 2021 Nubia elections|speculation]] about who would run in the election and would go onto confirm interest in running to be re-elected as Minister of Foreign Affairs.

== Campaign ==

=== Registration ===
Due to him expressing interest prior to the official announcements about the ability to register and start of campaigning, [[twomoo1119]] would immediately put him down as a candidate for the race of Minister of Foreign Affairs.

=== Mass registration of competitors ===
Due to his lack of competition in the [[April 2021 Nubia elections|April elections]], multiple active members of [[Nubia]] would register to run against [[gorkymoo1119]], most notably [[Fijiloopins]] and [[Greaseballer]]. There would be 6 others competing against him initially, with ToastPanther1 also registering later the same day on the 25th April.

=== First election propaganda ===
2 days after registering for the election, on the 27th April 2021, [[gorkymoo1119]]'s campaign would post their first advertisement, with the poster promoting voting him in one large piece of text, then a smaller piece of text reading 'Keep Foreign Affairs Competent'. It would also picture his skin by it. The poster would be posted in the Nubian discord #propaganda channel, with a caption reading 'The only serious and competent candidate! Gorky for FA.'
[[File:WhoElseMightHeTrustGorkyPosterMay.png|thumb|210x210px|The attack advert against Fijiloopins]]

=== Attack adverts ===
[[Gorkymoo1119]] would use one main piece of election propaganda as an attack advert titled, [[Who else might he trust|who ''else'' might he trust?]]. It was targeted at [[Fijiloopins]], who [[gorkymoo1119]]'s campaign considered to be the main competitor in the race for Minister of Foreign Affairs. The advert focused on [[Fijiloopins]]' alleged friendship with TheRealJewy. He would post the advert 3 times, often with a caption suggesting [[Fijiloopins]] would damage the stability of Nubian foreign policy.

=== 'Foreign Affairs is stable. Let's not break that' advert ===
[[Gorkymoo1119]] would also use an advertisement about stability, which indirectly suggested he was the only candidate who could keep the Nubian foreign policy stable. This would be met with some backlash, with other candidates suggesting it was 'anti-change'. [[Gorkymoo1119]] had confirmed he was in favour of keeping Nubian foreign policy similar to it was already. Similar adverts had been published in prior political campaigns.

=== Response to attack adverts against him ===
[[Fijiloopins]], [[Greaseballer]] and phrouge would launch several attack adverts against [[gorkymoo1119]] as he was the favourite to win the election. These would be of varying quality. Despite the attack adverts against him, [[gorkymoo1119]]'s campaign decided not to respond, as the attack adverts were of questionable quality, with many clearly being a joke.

=== Strategy ===
The campaign's strategy mainly focused on campaigning on stability and keeping foreign affairs 'sturdy', as he had done prior. He also campaigned on the alleged inexperience of his competitors, with them allegedly knowing little about [[Foreign relations of Nubia|foreign relations]]. It would also campaign on the fact the majority of his opponents had openly registered for the election as a joke, meaning they did not actually want to be elected.

== Projections ==
All 3 [[Predictions for the May 2021 Nubia elections|predictions]] published across the elections suggested [[gorkymoo1119]] would be the winner of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, as had been the case in the past.

== Endorsements ==
[[Gorkymoo1119]] would receive 5 endorsements, less than his previous campaigns. This was credited due to the fact many of his competitors were those who had previously endorsed him.  These endorsements were by:



* [[Lopile]], incumbent Minister of Defence and mayor of [[Sanaa]]
* [[MapleVK]], former leader of [[Svalbard]] and incumbent government advisor in [[Britain]]
* [[Mengan_]], incumbent Minister of Cultural Affairs, former Minister of Foreign Affairs and incumbent mayor of Suna
* [[t0ess]], former Minister of Trade and Commerce and former Mayor of [[Nyala]]{{refn|1=[[t0ess]] would endorse [[gorkymoo1119]] despite running against him|group=note|name=third}}
* [[Yoshigamer1298]], former Emperor of [[Katanga]], former Nubian Minister of Foreign Affairs and mayor

=== Notes ===
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== Issues and positions ==
<references group="note" />[[Gorkymoo1119]] mainly campaigned on keeping foreign policy and [[Foreign relations of Nubia|foreign relations]] as had been under his tenure already. He would also campaign on a strong foreign policy against enemies, especially after the Jewygate scandal.

== Slogans ==
There were 3 main slogans used by [[gorkymoo1119]]'s campaign, all 3 making appearances in image election propaganda, with one being in an attack advert.

=== ''Keep Foreign Affairs Competent.'' ===
[[Gorkymoo1119]] would first use the slogan 'Keep Foreign Affairs Competent.' in his first piece of election propaganda, on the 27th April 2021. It would be used to push the idea that other candidates were not as competent or skilled as [[gorkymoo1119]] or what was required for the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs. The word competent at the end of the phrase would be in bold.
[[File:KeepFAWorking.png|thumb|210x210px|The poster the slogan 'Keep Foreign Affairs Working' would mostly feature on]]

=== ''Keep Foreign Affairs Working'' ===
Inspired by his other slogan 'Keeping Foreign Affairs Competent', [[gorkymoo1119]] would first use the slogan on the 29th April 2021, in an advert that focused on stability. It would be used 7 times with that advert and often in election propaganda captions alongside comments about stability. The caption would also be shortened to 'Keep FA Working' sometimes.

=== ''who else might he trust?'' ===
The slogan [[Who else might he trust|who else might he trust?]] was mostly used in attack adverts against [[Fijiloopins]], suggesting [[Fijiloopins]] could not be trusted due to his relationship with TheRealJewy.
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