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it appears that
SRS garnered a record level of support of some 1.3 million voters
DOS continued to lose support with slightly less than 2 million votes cast in their favour

of course the low turnout may represent Djindic controled B-grad not padding the DOS vote as a way of undermining Kostunica.

I think the SRS vote was 1.03 million...however, radicalization of the Serbian society is inevitable. The cost of living in Serbia -- since DOS came in to "save the day" -- went up from $150 to $400 a month.

All it takes is for someone charismatic enough to turn apathy into anger. That's precisely what Miloshevich did in 1987, and Koshtunitsa in 2000. All it takes is another Vozhd and you have a tsunami wave out of a calm sea.

You can shove problems under the carpet and pretend they are not there for some time, but sooner or later they will come back and jump out more furious than ever.

Serbia passed a golden opportunity to elect a moderate who actually loves his nation, a true patriot, and a moderate right off center politician who could steer Serbia into European waters and away from the Empire which is, let's admit it, alien to most Europeans.

So, radicalization is inevitable with the status quo. All it takes is a golden opportunity, and a charismatic leader who can energize the apathy into anger and you have another Boston Tea Party, French Revolution, and so on.