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How come Israel keeps getting 12 points from us in the Eurovision public vote? (feddit.uk)

submitted 4 days ago by twinnie@feddit.uk to c/askuk@feddit.uk

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I mean, there's obviously something going on. Public sentiment towards Ukraine is still strong and you still see yellow and blue flags flying but sympathy for Israel was never as strong and it's since massively died off given how they've reacted. The vote is clearly not a reflection of genuine public opinion. But what's going on, are certain people just voting loads of times?

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[–] underreacting@literature.cafe 1 points 3 days ago

Those I know who are into Eurovision are boycotting it while Israel is allowed to attend. So among the political viewers the anti-israel vote has mostly self-purged (and the remaining non-boycotters anti-israel votes are split amongst the other 30-or-so entries), while the pro-israel political vote still remains in the competition.

It's much easier to vote for one country to win (like with Ukraine, or Israel I suppose) than it is to vote so that only one doesn't win (because the votes will be split with no clear opponent).

But I'm just guessing, I'm not ajour with Eurovision politics.