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Default Re: International election watchdogs slam Russian polls

It is worth mentioning that just because the winner was easy to predict does not mean the election was rigged or fraudulent. Sometimes elections are used to choose a kind of voluntary dictatorship. The best example I know of is the voting history of the Canadian province of Alberta:


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In its history, Alberta has seen only four parties form governments, none of which has returned to power after a single incumbent defeat:
1905-1921 Alberta Liberal Party
1921-1935 United Farmers of Alberta
1935-1971 Social Credit Party of Alberta
1971-present Alberta Progressive Conservatives
Politics of Alberta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


The Alberta voters seem to all move in the same direction at the same time (like a school of fish) every fifteen to thirty years.

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