Saddam Hussein's elections vs. US elections

@athousandyoung said
Medvedev was Putin's lackey, not an opposition figure. In Russia opposition figures end up poisoned to death or locked in prison.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_of_Alexei_Navalny

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pussy_Riot

@metal-brain said
But it changed, so I proved it doesn't matter. Most presidents are the other's lackeys, not real opposition figures.

@kevcvs57 said
It was called consensus politics. Nobody got everything they wanted, but it does lead to slow positive changes over time.
Evolution is better than Revolution.

I think it is safe to assume no election fraud was proven in Iraq under Saddam Hussein's brutal rule over a majority Shiite population. I think it is also safe to assume Saddam was a dictator who rigged his elections and was never caught.

The USA never gets caught either. Judges always get paid off to rule against recounts. Isn't that how it works in all rigged elections of the highest political office?

Come on no1, elections can be rigged by a high number. Saddam proved that.

Was there any evidence of election fraud in Iraq's elections under Saddam's regime?

If widespread election fraud is impossible how did Saddam Hussein always win elections in Iraq? Be honest Biden supporters. Nobody knows how widespread election fraud is.

Where was the evidence Saddam rigged his elections? Yeah, I thought so.

@metal-brain said
If widespread election fraud is impossible how did Saddam Hussein always win elections in Iraq?

@vivify said
That's a completely different matter. Saddam was a dictator with absolute power. Unlike Trump, no one could oppose Saddam without the certainty of torture and death.

Trump's claims have been looked at by courts and found to be meritless. That would never happen under Saddam.

@metal-brain said
That is ridiculous. Then why would Saddam hold elections? You said yourself that no one could oppose Saddam without the certainty of torture and death.

Under Saddam it would go to the court just like here in the USA and it would be rejected just like has happened to Trump. Saddam was a dictator, but he was pretending to be democratically elected. That was the whole p ...[text shortened]... election fraud. It would then be obvious. That would defeat the whole purpose of holding elections.

@suzianne said
Funny, you pretend to not understand that Trump's claim of massive voter fraud is ridiculous, and then you claim to know Saddam Hussein's motivations.

@metal-brain said
That is ridiculous. Then why would Saddam hold elections? You said yourself that no one could oppose Saddam without the certainty of torture and death.

@vivify said
Who knows. Why does North Korea claim to be Democratic? Whatever the reason, it doesn't change that Saddam's a dictator who cruelly murdered and gassed Iraqi citizens.

Under Saddam it would go to the court just like here in the USA

Don't be dumb. Americans don't live under a dictatorship, at least not yet. Americans don't live in fear of harsh consequences fo ...[text shortened]... h Trump. Comparing the U.S. to Iraq as an argument for voter fraud is truly devoid of common sense.

@metal-brain said
Was any evidence found of widespread election fraud in Iraq under Saddam Hussein?

I suspect very few dictatorships who held rigged elections had their election rigging exposed. If people are going to claim recounts are not going to change the outcome of the US election how do they know? History?

Fine. Let's look at all elections in dictatorships as well as democraci ...[text shortened]... cally exposed as such? If not, how can anyone possibly know how much election fraud is taking place?

@divegeester said
Trump IS the “dictator” and still couldn’t rig his own election so that he could win.

He is ultimate loser of all history.

@divegeester said
Trump IS the “dictator” and still couldn’t rig his own election so that he could win.

He is ultimate loser of all history.