What types of leaders steal elections the most?
Stuff reports:
President Nicolás Maduro extended his increasingly repressive rule over Venezuela until 2031 when he was sworn in Friday (local time), despite credible evidence that his opponent won the latest election and following protests against his plan to serve a third six-year term.
It was a stolen election. This is no surprise. It did get me thinking though. We hear a lot about the dangers of positions on the far right, and very little about those on the far left. So how often does a leader on the right turn elections into a farce that keeps them in office, compared to leaders on the left?
So here is an exercise for readers. Post in comments any leaders of countries since say 1990 who were democratically elected to office, but effectively become an authoritarian leader who held onto power through rigged elections.
I don’t mean leaders who become dictators through coups and the like. I mean ones that got elected to office, but then effectively used that office to keep their party in power perpetually.
Nicaragua and Venezuela are two that come to mind. Putin in Russia. Belarus.
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