The FNM/PLP are coping hard with the fact they have completely lost the support of a large share of every day Bahamians. In 2017 which was a high turnout election a bit over 6k votes were cast in Golden Isles, which is a bit short from 8k but do they legitimately think several thousand voters moved out of the constituency just in the span of 8 years alone? Mainstream politicians are living in a massive bubble and have no idea how many Bahamians detest them at this point.

The register should be purged on a regular basis but facts are that in 2017 Golden Isles recorded slightly over 6k votes cast. Am I supposed to really believe half the constituency moved out in the span of 8 years like a lot of FNM/PLP copers are trying to suggest or listen to my ears which hear a lot of people tell me they are sick of the BS two party system and have no motivation to vote? The establishment politicians of this country live in a giant bubble and are completely out of touch with what the average Bahamian really thinks of them.

Too many boomers are still living the era of Pindling and the UBP thinking that shit what happened decades ago is somehow relevant to what Bahamians are going through today. Once the boomers finish dying off then that is when we will see real political change in this country. All throughout the world we see parties that were formerly on the fringe make their way into government, the Coalitions time will come they just have to be patient and persevere.

Regarding your other point, I came from a family of FNM generals and was a long time supporter of the FNM. 2021 was the first time in my life I supported someone other than the FNM because of how horrid the Minnis government was. I have nothing against Pintard and even think that he's very creative and can be a good leader, but the fact is the FNM (just like the PLP) is sold out to foreign interests and doesn't give a rats backside about the common Bahamian. The Coalition is the only party that even bothers trying to care about the everyday issues the common Bahamian is facing. The way I see it is they can't be any worse than the horrid FNM and PLP governments we've had lately so may as well give them a shot.

It's very possible Cay wins in North Abaco. PLP support on Abaco is cratered and the FNMs are not happy with how the candidate selection process went. Cay pulled over 20% of the vote last time and will likely net more this go around. Cay and Lincoln are the two most likely Coalition candidates to win in the next general.

So it turned out basically the way I thought it would. Low turnout, Coalition growing in strength and spoiling the result for one of the two parties. Granted I thought the FNM could've pulled off the unlikely upset but I'm not surprised the PLP retained the seat considering it is always difficult to pull off a by election victory in opposition.

That said I think it's clear most Bahamians are disgusted with the two party process. The next election will most likely be another low turnout match of who can lose the least. Coalition is very obviously gaining strength and I will be bold enough to predict that they will replace the weaker of the two parties once the boomers still living in the era of Pindling and the UBP die off in another few cycles. Playing the political game as a third party in this country is hell and Lincoln deserves a lot of credit for building something that is not only sticking around but managing to grow. Rome wasn't built in a day and political success doesn't come overnight, all across the world we are seeing parties formerly on the fringe get ushered into government so perseverance is key. The Coalitions time will come.

At least yall road getting patched. Abaco's highway gets worse with every day and nothing is done to fix it. PLP politicians them must own shares in car repair shops or something given how slow they are to fix this issue.

One of the main reasons I bring up the ship being abandoned is that American media is framing this as an act of piracy and calling these people pirates, not to justify the act. Some down the shore folks throwing cheeto puffs and tires out of a container on an abandoned ship is not piracy. Yes a massive amount of stupidity and ignorance was behind this but calling this piracy is just sensationalizing this story far past what actually happened.

Oh yeah there definitely was loads of looting just for the sake of taking things post Dorian but some of it was necessary for survival. Again it was a situation where things like banks shops whatever just didn't exist right away and if it was truly necessary you had to do it. In a real SHTF situation like that survival is the number one priority.

No I didn't feel attacked or whatever I just think some of these people definitely went there out of ignorance thinking they had some type of law covering them because the ship was abandoned. Thing what a lot of people don't know is even if a ship has been wrecked or abandoned for years you can't just go taking things off of it, there is a lot of public misconceptions about that. All of that is why I just said I think they should be given a chance to do the right thing before prosecuting them.

The only thing I will "defend" these people on is the fact that American media is labeling them as pirates which is just sensationalism. Piracy is what exists near the Horn or the Red Sea with Somalians or Houthis storming a ship with firearms to hijack it. This was nowhere near that level of criminality and it's just silly to pretend it us and call these people "pirates".

Look you are misunderstanding me, I'm not defending these people I'm just saying some of them may have done what they did not completely understanding they were in the wrong. All I'm saying is they should have a chance to return the goods and not be prosecuted if they do. Truth is even if this ship was completely wrecked and going to sink they didn't have a right to just go and do that and I think that is something that needs to be stressed. Not a lot of people are aware of maritime law.

Yes, the ship was abandoned. Nobody was on it. It doesn't make it right but it's not like they went there with firearms and held the crew hostage. Labeling them as pirates is misrepresenting the situation.

Regarding your comment on Abaco post Dorian I hate to tell you but I know people that were told by law enforcement to just go ahead and take whatever they needed to survive food gas or whatever because the whole area was a massive disaster zone and there was nothing else they could do. Yes lots of people looted goods after Dorian and should be punished for that but truth is you might've had to puncture someones tank for gas or steal food from a store because there was no where else to get these things right away. Nassau people shouldn't talk about Dorian because you guys have never experienced anything like that and in a SHTF situation you're going to have to do the same thing to survive.