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Posted on 5/8/24 at 12:24 am to HuntFishMan
I am not suggesting there is no fake voting in India, I am sure there is. But I don't think it changes the ultimate result, since it's a parliamentary system.
Considering India is a developing country, India's track record in holding relatively secure elections is amazing to me. I grew up in India, left India when I was 24, and have lived here for the past 21 years.
I remember the violence and fake voting (it was actually something called booth capturing) that was rampant when I was a kid. Things have improved a whole lot since then.
The reason why the election is so long is because it happens in stages/rounds. Each seat (equivalent to an US congressional district) gets to vote on one specific day, and it is only in person. No mail in voting or anything like that. Only a subset of seats vote on one round so that all the peace-keeping resources line army, local police, para-military forces can all be deployed in a concentrated manner.
Considering India is a developing country, India's track record in holding relatively secure elections is amazing to me. I grew up in India, left India when I was 24, and have lived here for the past 21 years.
I remember the violence and fake voting (it was actually something called booth capturing) that was rampant when I was a kid. Things have improved a whole lot since then.
The reason why the election is so long is because it happens in stages/rounds. Each seat (equivalent to an US congressional district) gets to vote on one specific day, and it is only in person. No mail in voting or anything like that. Only a subset of seats vote on one round so that all the peace-keeping resources line army, local police, para-military forces can all be deployed in a concentrated manner.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 7:05 am to HuntFishMan
And I bet they get it done in 1 day
Posted on 5/8/24 at 7:16 am to HuntFishMan
I think it’s interesting that Iraq has more secure elections than the United States and likely India does, too.
This post was edited on 5/8/24 at 7:18 am
Posted on 5/8/24 at 7:23 am to Tesla
“White supremacists call back to 19th century slave control by forcing people of color to make their mark in order to vote” - CNN headline, probably
Posted on 5/8/24 at 1:37 pm to ewdij
This is a cool overview of how it works. I think I read something like 80%+ of people there vote for Modi. Is that real? Does he have that much unwavering support?
This post was edited on 5/8/24 at 1:38 pm
Posted on 5/8/24 at 1:55 pm to HuntFishMan
It amazes me how people worry about China yet India has 1.45 billion people and is a nuclear power.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 2:05 pm to rebeloke
...and hates China...and Pakistan. I have no problem with trying to work as closesly as possible with India where our interests align--and they seemingly do on many things. It's also another country that Trump had a better relationship with than Brandon does.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 2:09 pm to Timeoday
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It amazes me how people worry about China yet India has 1.45 billion people and is a nuclear power.
Or how about Pakistan. How does nobody ever seem concerned about them lol.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 3:50 pm to sta4ever
The Pakistani's are some radicals, and they have nukes!
Posted on 5/8/24 at 5:15 pm to HuntFishMan
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This is a cool overview of how it works. I think I read something like 80%+ of people there vote for Modi. Is that real? Does he have that much unwavering support?
As a whole, his approval rating might be > 70-80%.
But Modi's party's (BJP) vote share varies from state to state. Even in his own state, during last election in 2019, 62% of the people voted for his party.
Generally speaking, BJP's vote share varies from anywhere in high 30% to low 60% in most states, somewhere between 40-50% being the most common.
Here is the data - LINK
Posted on 5/8/24 at 5:24 pm to ewdij
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ewdij
Great insight. Thanks.
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