Probably more legit than US elections
Comment on YSK the Venezuelans community in the US is not representative of Venezuelans as a whole.
CannedYeet@lemmy.world 2 months ago
In political science, we determine the opinion of a populace using something called elections, and well, you can see how that went…
quick_snail@feddit.nl 2 months ago
Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 2 months ago
So poly sci says that all russians love putin? And kim jung un (or whatever his name is) is the most popular leader in the world?
jeff@programming.dev 2 months ago
There’s a big difference between winning a rigged election, and losing an election but staying in power anyway.
Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 2 months ago
So then how does poly sci determine the will of the people when an election is rigged?
CannedYeet@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That’s the funny thing about Venezuela. The U.S. criticized Chavez’s election victories. So Chavez put in some of the best election infrastructure in the world. And because of that, it was abundantly clear that Maduro rigged his election.
Doomsider@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That is the best part, it doesn’t.
The will of the people, lol
AKA what propaganda they have been spoon fed their whole life you mean…