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Jeeves: “Will it be 87% again this year, sir?”
Putin: “Maybe 93%. Maybe.”
Nah it will be divisible by 5. They don’t try very hard to hide the irregularities. There is a long history of oddly round results:
Pulled from here: https://github.com/dkobak/elections/tree/master
It will be 79%
93%? Why not 108%?
Y’know I’ve often wondered that, but authoritarian propaganda seems to have a penchant for keeping its statements plausible. I mean they could take the piss and say it was 500% and it would be just as well. I’m guessing there’s some psychological benefit to be had from keeping it “real”, gives the rubble some kind of logic to cling to?