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Why do dictators always make themselves win 95%+ of the vote nobody believes it. Why not just go for 80%?
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# ? May 14, 2017 10:49 |
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Why don't dictators just use the FPTP system to ensure they can sweep to power with say 40% of the vote???
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# ? May 14, 2017 10:56 |
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getting away with claiming 98% support is a display of power in a way also of saying 'not even 3% dissent will be tolerated'
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# ? May 14, 2017 11:32 |
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Do you think Putin is sitting around going "this year we're doing 96.7% of the vote"
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# ? May 14, 2017 11:49 |
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actually why dont they crank that poo poo way the gently caress up win with 150% of the vote. poo poo, gently caress that, 420.69% of the vote. create two presidencies, win both of them. sky's the limit
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# ? May 14, 2017 12:52 |
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more concerned with rigging erections, tbqh op
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# ? May 14, 2017 13:47 |
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The only vote I know they rigged was having guy sebastien beat shannon knowl
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# ? May 14, 2017 14:42 |
Lightning Lord posted:Do you think Putin is sitting around going "this year we're doing 96.7% of the vote" He wins honestly doesn't he bc Russia is an authoritarian garbage fire of a country by ancient tradition
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# ? May 14, 2017 16:20 |
shovelbum posted:He wins honestly doesn't he
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# ? May 14, 2017 16:33 |
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if you know what's best for your country, you are obligated to rig elections
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# ? May 14, 2017 16:47 |
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When Napoleon did it, and some socialist governments, it was almost certainly for the purpose of portraying themselves as fully representative of the Rousseauian "general will." Most tin-pot dictators are just lazy hacks, though.
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# ? May 14, 2017 18:42 |
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Putin wins honestly by making sure every voting precinct has the exact same vote percentage 🤔
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# ? May 14, 2017 19:04 |
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logikv9 posted:Putin wins honestly by making sure every voting precinct has the exact same vote percentage 🤔
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# ? May 14, 2017 19:53 |
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The Muppets On PCP posted:more concerned with rigging erections, tbqh op dicksail
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# ? May 15, 2017 15:01 |
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Just make a system where you have a field of 40 people and you win with 26%. You always can get 26% and make it believable.
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# ? May 15, 2017 16:49 |
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Just do the biggest middle finger possible, dont tamper with the election, lose it, and then do nothing because the entire military is in your pocket Yeah i won with 10% but we have guns and you don't, so I'm still president, deal with it bitch.
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# ? May 16, 2017 09:13 |
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rudatron posted:Just do the biggest middle finger possible, dont tamper with the election, lose it, and then do nothing because the entire military is in your pocket Ah yes the African method. Works well until you piss off the military.
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# ? May 16, 2017 15:35 |
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With enough controls on media it's quite possible that 90%+ election results are sometimes real. Imagine if instead of splitting into Democrat and Republican, there were just a single Property Party and the only opposition was communists. If Property partisans controlled most of the media plus orders of magnitude more campaign funding it's possible they'd win ridiculous majorities without rigging. platzapS has issued a correction as of 12:39 on May 23, 2017 |
# ? May 23, 2017 12:33 |
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Or say you're opposition but you think you're in the minority, you might just not bother voting if you don't trust the ballot to be secret. Especially if Dear Leader has concentrated polling stations in pro-supporter neighborhoods and it would take hours to cast a ballot. There are plenty of ways to influence elections that aren't outright fraud.
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# ? May 23, 2017 12:47 |
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platzapS posted:With enough controls on media it's quite possible that 90%+ election results are sometimes real. check out the recent Falkland islands referendum
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# ? May 23, 2017 12:52 |
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Jose posted:check out the recent Falkland islands referendum LOL 1,513 to 3, for a solid 99.8% victory. (PS I'm the one person who couldn't figure out the ballot)
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# ? May 23, 2017 13:03 |
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platzapS posted:With enough controls on media it's quite possible that 90%+ election results are sometimes real.
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# ? May 26, 2017 08:26 |
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Peanut President posted:Ah yes the African method. Works well until you piss off the military. Or until all your neighboring countries get together and say 'gently caress it, you had your chance' and successfully invade you to install the guy who got elected. ECOWAS is getting fed up with this poo poo. Tunicate has issued a correction as of 20:54 on May 26, 2017 |
# ? May 26, 2017 20:51 |