I was there for a Vietnamese election a few years ago. It was for delegates to the Party Congress that would decide who was to be in the Assembly and who was to be the Chairman, etc. There were trucks driving around the cities with loud martial music playing and colorful signs urging the people to all get out and vote- for people who would not represent them or their interests in a Congress whose decrees were already decided. There were parades and bands and fireworks and the people watching all this noise just glanced once and moved on. They made sure they were not run over by the bunting clad trucks. I suspected all the show was for foreign journalists.
“I was there for a Vietnamese election a few years ago. It was for delegates to the Party Congress that would decide who was to be in the Assembly and who was to be the Chairman, etc. There were trucks driving around the cities with loud martial music playing and colorful signs urging the people to all get out and vote- for people who would not represent them or their interests in a Congress whose decrees were already decided. There were parades and bands and fireworks and the people watching all this noise just glanced once and moved on. They made sure they were not run over by the bunting clad trucks. I suspected all the show was for foreign journalists.”
You sure that wasn’t a US election?