{"id":6901,"date":"2020-05-26T10:23:10","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T17:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mongolia\/?p=6901"},"modified":"2020-05-26T11:18:09","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T18:18:09","slug":"the-demos-party-third-party-rural-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mongolia\/2020\/the-demos-party-third-party-rural-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Demos Party: Women Candidates, Multi-Ethnic Mongolia, and Third Party Rural Strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Marissa J. Smith<\/em><\/p>\n

Among the four independent parties we are following, the Demos (\u0417\u041e\u041d) Party has an interesting mix of most sophisticated web presence (Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, Instagram<\/a>, website<\/a>, and even Wikipedia page<\/a>!) and its fielding of candidates in every electoral district. At the same time, however, little information about individual candidates, and on the party website the head of the party, E. Odbayar (not running for Ikh Khural) states that more information about candidates will be available after the General Election Committee issues certifications<\/a>. For now, the party website is announcing that 80% of its candidates are women<\/a> (though the individual voices of the party online are all male). The posts about women candidates also mention an \u201cEEJ\u201d (\u201cMother\u201d) movement, suggesting that the party recently unified with this non-party organization.<\/p>\n

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Fascinating to take look at candidates list of \u0417\u041e\u041d.
Only 9 men out of 30 cands. I can only find v few on Twitter, must be reaching voters thru other (social) media.#MGLpoli<\/a> #\u0423\u0418\u04252020<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/IIqQeDp79U<\/a><\/p>\n

— Julian Dierkes (@jdierkes) May 22, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n