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?

Ok so don't read it then. Mind you I know the D average demographic the PhellP courts doesn't rank highly on reading comprehension but it's not like a few lines of text is going to raise Tribune's hosting fees or something.

Firstly, the fact that people are taking issue with Ingraham campaigning for the FNM shows how politically ignorant the average Bahamian is. Did Americans complain when Obama or Clinton campaigned of behalf of Biden or Kamala? The Trump era GOP has less of it considering the Bushs Romney etc are not Trump fans but nonetheless it's pretty standard across the world for retired political figures to come out in support of the current political candidates. There's nothing abnormal about that at all.

That said Munroe is completely right albeit the PhellP is no better and has no room to talk. Both of these clownshow parties have completely failed us on immigration and have played the whore and Judas selling our nation out for 30 pieces of silver. As much as I am grateful for and appreciate some of the necessary reforms Ingraham brought to this country Abaco is a living indictment of his failure on immigration policy. We are overwhelmed with Haitians and foreigners on this island and I wouldn't be surprised if Bahamians become a minority on this island and cays by 2050 if we aren't already. Just the other night I was browsing one of the local Elbow Cay facebook groups and there was a question regarding long term housing on the cay and sure enough one of these disgusting second homeowners replied that there was none and that they were glad there wasn't. Who do these people think they are? Elbow Cay is not even Bahamian anymore, it's full of nothing but Haitian shacks and foreign owned second homes everywhere looking to farm AirBNB and VRBO money. Half of Guana Cay is inaccessible to the average local. Go the south in communities like BPS or Casuarina and now the foreigners are buying up property there and will soon try to drive locals out of there so where are we supposed to go? If Bahamians don't wake up we aren't going to have a country to live in very soon. There has to be controlled and sustainable development of our islands otherwise we are just going to be creating a giant demographic and land mess. How are young people supposed to build lives and start families in these conditions? I say all of this as a descendent of Wyannie Malone with some lines of my family going back to Eleuthera before that so I have more rights than most to voice my concern about these things. The sons of the soil are becoming second class citizens and I don't like it one bit.

Uhh yes there is, just basic statistical analysis confirms that.

PV Totals

2007: PLP 64k FNM 68k

2012: PLP 75k FNM 65k

2017: PLP 59k FNM 90k

2021: PLP 66k FNM 46k

Mind you I know the average PhellP probably can't score C on the Math BJC but there is an incredibly clear pattern in the popular vote statistics that absolutely supports the notion that the FNM bled support from it's core and independent voters. The PLP also had a horrible showing only increasing their vote total from 2017 by ~7k or so and falling short of their 2012 benchmark. Simple statistical analysis supports that notion.