THE POLLS MAKE ONE THING CLEAR: N.E.R.D IS SHAPING UP TO BECOME A MAJOR CONTENDER IN THE NEXT ELECTION. MAYBE EVEN ENOUGH TO BEAT PR1CE! PR1CE AND THE RUP’S POPULARITY, WHILE STILL EASILY THE HIGHEST IN THE STREAM, HAS BECOME A BIT MUDDLED BECAUSE OF PR1CE’S RECENT INACTIVITY. THE HCP COULD THEORETICALLY WIN THE NEXT ELECTION, BUT I DON’T SEE THEM AS BEING AS BIG OF A COMPETITOR THIS TIME AROUND. THE NEW PARTY, AOS, IS MAKING HEADLINES, BUT IT’S UNKNOWN IF THEY’LL GAIN POPULARITY FROM SUPPORTERS OF THE PEPE PARTY OR EVEN THE PREVIOUSLY MORE AUTHORITARIAN KAIJU FROM THE WUBBZY RE-ELECTION DAYS.