Prezident 21 Explained

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

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

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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Prezident 21 . 14 February 2017 . cs . https://web.archive.org/web/20161222224624/https://www.prezident21.cz/info/project . 22 December 2016 . dead.
  2. News: Hledejte příštího prezidenta, vyzývá Čechy miliardář Janeček. Zeman zatím zcela propadá . Eurozprávy . 21 December 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161223154417/http://domaci.eurozpravy.cz/spolecnost/177582-hledejte-pristiho-prezidenta-vyzyva-cechy-miliardar-janecek-do-noveho-projektu-se-mohou-zapojit-vsichni/ . 23 December 2016 . 5 December 2023 . cs . Look for the next president, calls Czech billionaire Janeček. Zeman is completely failing so far.
  3. Web site: Janeček odstartoval hru, ve které hledá nového českého prezidenta. Vede Pánek, Zeman je poslední . Aktuálně . Michal Polák . 21 December 2016 . 14 February 2017 . cs . Janeček started the game in which he is looking for a new Czech president. Panek leads, Zeman is the last.
  4. Web site: V prezidentské anketě drtivě vede Pánek. Má to ale dvě ale . Echo24 . 14 February 2017 . 24 December 2016 . cs . Pánek leads overwhelmingly in the presidential poll. But it has two buts.
  5. Web site: Janečkovu hru o hledání prezidenta vede Horáček, Drahoš rychle roste . Novinky . 20 April 2017 . 22 April 2017 . cs . Janeček's game for the president is led by Horáček, Drahoš is growing rapidly.

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