Quote Originally Posted by Hanna View Post
Very interesting information! Thanks for explaining.
Who (or what party) would you have preferred win, and why?

35% is still a lot though! They probably would win whether they cheat or not... It depends on whether there is one opposing party (like in the USA) or many (like in most Western European countries).

For example, while I was growing up in Sweden, the Social democrats always won the elections because 35-50% voted for them (approximately) in every election. And if they didn't get a large enough majority on their own, then they invited the communists to form government with them... Which was exactly what their opponents did not want. They were almost unbeatable and many people got very fed up with them. But the opposition could not agree enough to defeat them, and despite what some people thought, it was what they majority preferred.

It seems like if Lukashenko was to be beaten, then everybody who doesn't like him have to vote for just one other party... otherwise he'll just keep winning!

Is there one party that could challenge him in the future? If so what is that party and what do they stand for?
35% would simply have meant they would have to hold the second voting, and the other candidates (or at least some of them) could have united and created a coalition that would have beaten the dictator.

I think anyone with common sense could challenge him. If you don't think so, you might not have seen all his brilliant speeches, and might not be completely realizing what his regime looks like.