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Why do authoritarian regimes in the past appear to use close to unanimity for fake electoral support as opposed to today where Putin openly shows that almost 37% of people didn't vote for him in 2012 with 65% turnout?

by /u/Awesomeuser90 in /r/AskHistorians

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