Fact is the Coalition is pulling a lot of the former FNM grassroots and without them the FNM has no way to win. It's literally back to the pre Ingraham FNM era of carrying a good bit of Grand Bahama and Family Island seats while retaining one or two strongholds on New Providence unless the FNM addresses the massive elephant in the room that is the Coalition. The FNM has not wanted to do so to deny them legitimacy but the fact is they are a "real" third party that not only contested two general elections but improved on their second showing which puts them leagues ahead of the DNA that rapidly collapsed after one decent election. The Coalition is not going anywhere and if the FNM wants to win again they will have to accept that.

Said it before, PhellP sold whatever little was left of their soul to the devil dealing with the numbers machine. The drug money of the 80s is now replaced with the numbers money of the 2000s. The devil will always come to collect on his deal and what comes after will never be good. Sad fact is Christianity in this country is a large farce and a lot of people have no morals and would sell their soul for some fried chicken rum and a marlin in a hat.

Ok here's the problem with your theory: the Coalition vote rose across the board and not just in one constituency. Yes some of the seats they came 2nd in were PhellP vote sinks anyways, but it goes to show that the message of the Coalition is resonating far better with the former FNM grassroots than it is with the current iteration of the party. If the FNM wants to ever win another election, or even continue existing as a meaningful political force, they will have to cut a deal with Lincoln and agree to not run against Coalition in certain seats next time. As long as we have this stupid FPTP system that is the only way they will win.

Time for the FNM to wind up and join ranks with the Coalition. The grassroots are with the CoI and not them and unless they do so it will be a continual repeat of the Pindling era type defeats.

Minnis was too arrogant and did not take his mandate seriously. He never thought the PhellP would bounce back from their big loss in 2017 and backslid on everything he and the FNM promised the Bahamian people. He literally had one of the biggest Parliamentary majorities in history, along with the best popular vote showing in history, and at the end of the day had nothing to show for it. History will consider him worse than Christie simply because of how much he was given that he squandered.

Facts. Bran had a blueprint for success if he would have just stuck it out a little longer but quit and took his ball home. Lincoln has stuck it out and will be sitting in Parliament soon.

Also sad to not see one reference of the Coalition in this article. They were pivotal in why last night turned out the way it did and it's a shame their success was not recognized. Bahamian politics is no longer and PhellP FNM affair.

I think there's a few takeaways from what happened last night.

1.) A lot of Bahamians are completely checked out of the political process

2.) The FNM is finished and will be replaced by the Coalition unless they can form some sort of partnership.

3.) The Minnis era is officially over and history will not reflect kindly on him at all. Minnis has single handedly destroyed FNM appeal across an entire generation of Bahamians.

4.) We are no longer a two party democracy and need an updated electoral system to reflect that. Last count I saw Kirk is going to represent North Abaco on a bit more than 36% of the vote which is completely unacceptable and not reflective of the will of the constituency. There needs to be a run off system in place for instances where a candidate cannot secure a majority of the votes.

5.) Coalition are the real winners and have not only held ground but gained it as well. They have already surpassed the DNA record and they are "official" now as far as Bahamian voters are concerned. We are getting PM Bain one day and I can't wait for it. Change is here.

Honestly I struggle to see a difference between the PLP or the FNM at this point. Both go to the same lodge, live in the same gated communities, have the same comfortable lifestyle and know zero about what most Bahamians have to deal with or are concerned about on a daily basis. The only slight difference is which financial backers are using them as horses in the race to carve up the country. Sadly nothing will change until one or both are under the threat of extinction and that is why we as Bahamians need to back the Coalition no matter what imo. There will never be any reform until the current system is presented with no other choice.

It always cracks me up when these politicians come with these big ideas right before election after just having 5 years to do whatever they want, with a strong parliamentary majority at that. What causes the state of sloth for 4 years and then having grand ambitions the last 6 months to a year? Why can't this energy carry over the whole term?