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> With about 98% of ballots counted, "Yes" was on about 51.3% and "No" on about 48.7%. What majority? Typical "elections" in the Middle East have the dictator
by Cyph0n 10y ago
> With about 98% of ballots counted, "Yes" was on about 51.3% and "No" on about 48.7%.
What majority? Typical "elections" in the Middle East have the dictator get 80-90% of votes. Examples include Egypt, Tunisia (pre-Arab Spring), Algeria, and Syria.
The guy actually has quite a following in Turkey, so 51.3% voting "Yes" doesn't surprise me at all. I know that Erdogan is proposing a system that gives him virtually unlimited power, but that doesn't mean that the vote was rigged.
- narag 10y agoIt's not the outcome, but the referendum itself that's undemocratic. Removing usual safeguards by half the voters is just asking if democracy should be liquidated.
- Cyph0n 10y agoYes, my response was to point out to OP that the referendum itself is probably legitimate. And I think it's the responsibility of the voters to decide if that should happen, just like with (to a lesser extent) Brexit and the recent US presidential election.
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