in russia, election rig you - which means that if they're going to fuck with it, they'll go all out. 99%.
99.9%.
and, then they'll drag the seventeen poor bastards that dared vote otherwise on to tv, and insult them for it.
russia knows how to rig an election, alright. and, 75% is not a rigged election.
so, how does this happen, then?
these are the results:
vladimir putin - 75.0 pct (liberal-conservative party - united russia)
pavel grudinin - 13.3 pct (communist party - literally)
vladimir zhirinovsky - 6.3 pct (these are literally fascists)
so, imagine walking into a polling booth and having the following options in front of you:
1) liberal-conservatives (or just 'capitalists')
2) the historical soviet/communist party of russia
3) fascists
which of these options would you prefer?
it's a non-choice. so, 75% is actually absolutely believable, when you recognize the reality of the options.
and, is this so outrageous, in comparison to other democracies?
corbyn & may got over 82% of the vote, together. so, if there was a conservative-labour party in the uk, no doubt led by the ghost of winston churchill, it would have been more popular than putin. a liberal-conservative party would have received over 70% of the vote in the last canadian election. and a democratic-republican party would get over 95% of the vote.
if we stop to consider the nature of our two-headed monsters, it doesn't seem so different does it? and, a little bit of historical knowledge will bring out the following stark truth: liberal-conservative and democratic-republican are real historical entities.
at some point, united russia will split into liberal and conservative factions. for the time being, the capitalist class sees it in it's self interest to remain united, rather than to divide and conquer.
the fascists probably aren't a serious threat.
but, the communists are.