{"id":161612,"date":"2023-11-22T12:24:24","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T11:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=161612"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:27:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:27:04","slug":"floating-strategic-and-confident-voters-at-debate-maybe-i-will-only-decide-in-the-voting-booth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2023\/11\/22\/floating-strategic-and-confident-voters-at-debate-maybe-i-will-only-decide-in-the-voting-booth\/","title":{"rendered":"Floating, strategic and confident voters at debate: ‘Maybe I will only decide in the voting booth’"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the EFR\/EenVandaag election debate in Ahoy, many students are still letting themselves be influenced in their vote for the Dutch parliamentary elections. Some are already sure what they will do, others are still in doubt: idealistic or strategic?<\/p>\n

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Students watch the election debate in Ahoy.<\/span><\/p>

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The debate was co-organised by EFR, the faculty association of the Erasmus School of Economics, and was attended by some 1,800 students. Afterwards, they told what they thought of the debate, their voting plans and whether the debate influenced their choice.<\/p>\n

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Lotte is enthusiastic about Dilan Ye\u015filg\u00f6z.<\/span><\/p>

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\u201cI am actually positively surprised by Dilan\u2019s (Dilan Ye\u015filg\u00f6z, eds.) VVD\u201d, says Lotte (19). The Business Administration and Law student is not yet sure what she wants to vote for. \u201cI did come with the idea that I would vote on the right, but I was still in doubt between Dilan and Pieter Omtzigt\u2019s NSC.\u201d Lotte chooses the right because she feels that the hard work for her studies should be rewarded. \u201cI\u2019m doing a double study and I have a lot of ambition, so then it\u2019s nice to know you\u2019re not going to be penalised for that.\u201d With other parties, she\u2019s not so sure that won\u2019t happen. \u201cI think it\u2019s a waste to put so much effort in a double study and then having the prospect of having less money at the end of the month because of the plans of left-wing parties, such as Frans Timmermans\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t

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