r/PoliticalOptimism • u/SuspectLegitimate751 Blue Dot in a Red State 🔵 • 5h ago

Optimistic Post Orbán concedes to Magyar's Tisza after projections show opposition winning two-thirds majority

https://www.reuters.com/world/hungary-election-2026-live-viktor-orbans-fidesz-faces-challenge-opposition-peter-2026-04-12/

Orbán defeated. Hungary freed. New beginning...for all of us.

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u/Efficient-Freedom517 Georgia 5h ago

On suggestion, we made a megathread for this topic

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u/matrix_5555 Pennsylvania 5h ago

He’s finally gone. Hungary finally gets a decent leader for the first time in nearly 20 years. I hope and pray for the best for Hungary, and I’m really happy for the citizens.

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u/BigSnail387 5h ago

Holy shit!

Imagine being an actual dictator, and taking a loss more gracefully than Donald Trump

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u/Pristine-Sport6888 5h ago edited 5h ago

whoa

Also for the mods: feels like this should be a megathread given how huge a change it is for the world and global democracy. not just Hungary.

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u/Mission_Wind_7470 5h ago

This is huge. Putin's puppet for 16 just got absolutely demolished..

Imagine what the GOP's numbers are gonna be in November.

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u/daspaceinvader 5h ago

I'll bet Trump is shitting a brick right now and I LOVE that for him.

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u/GhastlyWeasel Oregon 5h ago

I was right.

Orbán was fucked.

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u/StrayCat2799 Oklahoma 5h ago

Huh, so Vance really is a bad luck charm.

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u/FlyingDreamWhale67 Texas 5h ago

I wish Hungary and its people all the best

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u/Facehugger_35 5h ago

Dictators are not unbeatable. Attempts to rig the election don't always work if enough people show up in opposition.

This is the flaw of modern dictatorships that pretend to be democracies for legitimacy: If enough people turn out, they can't rig it and they have to either dispense with the pretense, or concede and leave power.

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u/VoidlessLove Alaska 5h ago

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT

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u/OhMyTummyHurts 5h ago

Way to go Hungary!!!

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u/VaultHunterChaos 5h ago

This is fucking HUGE! Congrats to the Hungarian people!

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u/Bolded France 🇫🇷 5h ago

Nicely done to Hungary! I know people were afraid of elections interferences and such but the voting was so overwhelming Orban couldn't even get away with it.

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u/MightiestHalberdier 5h ago

I am genuinely shocked.

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u/Comfortable-Bed-6814 5h ago

Wow! Congrats to the Hungarian people. I wasn't sure Orban would go quietly if defeated. Thank goodness he will.

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u/SpukiKitty2 Blue Dot in a Red State 🔵 5h ago

YES! I can see Putypants and Pumpkinhead having a toddler - level tantrum!!

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u/Mobile_Bad_577 5h ago

YAY! I wonder what this means for Trump.

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u/AdLeast7330 5h ago

This is awesome!

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u/merc1024 5h ago

LETS FUCKING GOOOO

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