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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: onepoorguy 🐝  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Venezuelan Oil Investment
Date: 01/10/26 8:18 PM
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It's not an opinion, it's an observation. I have no opinion about the level of support for Maduro. I've read numerous articles (well, five or six) that indicate there is a lot of "loyalist" (i.e. pro-Maduro) support and demonstrations. Some of them may just be anti-American, rather than pro-Maduro. There are also lots of demonstrations in support of his kidnapping. I don't have solid numbers for either group.

A quick check does indicate he is not very popular as politicians go, with most of his support coming from the military and the former Chavez supporters. Given that, I'd say we were both wrong. It's not really equivalent, but it's not overwhelming, either. Thirty percent (in a fair election) was enough to put the National Socialists in power in Germany. If a fair election was held, he would probably have lost to the other guy. The best numbers I could find was that he lost the last election ~60% to ~30%. A "landslide", but not "overwhelming".

Though we are talking semantics. To me, your statement was an exaggeration, but I admit I was wrong about "comparable". His support is less than 2:1.
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