How Corrupt Politicians Win Elections
There are reasons why and how corrupt politicians win elections.
I got many questions in my mind about elections. The questions are very common to global voters. Many voters don't consider voting a duty of the citizens. The reasons behind it are not reasonable.
Voters get surprised to see corrupt politicians win elections. In fact, many global citizens don't believe all election results. They can't accept that corrupt politicians win elections.
Some parameters are not directly in the hands of the voters. Hence, election results always don't seem to reflect the true mind of the entire voter population.
I explain it in the light of the "voting right of the voters" in the following sections.
Voting right is indeed a superpower for the voters
In a democracy, voting right is a superpower delegated to the voters by the constitution of the democratic nation.
How come corrupted politicians get elected by the common voters?
I received inciting comments in my last post on Sri Lanka's economic crisis.
In one such comment, a fellow blogger, @Evelyn1 , asked
"Really, Did you think our vote matter in Sub-continent?"
Probably,@Evelyn1referred to the Indian sub-continent, i.e., India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, etc., or the Asian countries, such as the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, etc., where many of us live, vote, and get frustrated by the election results. The question is valid for many other democratic nations of the globe, such as Africa, South, and North America, Europe, and Australia.
Since, years after years, the corrupt groups of politicians are getting elected, the voters are deeply frustrated about the electoral processes, and polling of votes.
I will disclose the reasons for such election results in the next section.
These reasons are based on my personal experiences and feedback from the community of local voters and some friends in the alternative news media.
The reasons how corrupt politicians win elections
You may ask whether the votes of the common citizens matter in choosing the Prime Minister, President, etc. because anyway the corrupt politicians always manage to win elections after elections.
The answer is, of course, "Yes, every vote matters." But, there are some other factors which are needed to be discussed in detail.
During the last six years, I carried out investigations in a few local polling booths and found worth-noticing facts about polling and casting votes by the citizens.
There are always some foolish citizens who are die-hard followers of their favorite political parties and blindly believe the corrupt candidates.
Some citizens don't cast their votes, either out of frustration or due to fear of violence near the polling booths on election days.
I reviewed several voting booths during the last few years. Voters in the polling booths are decreasing every year. And the ruling political parties quickly utilize the opportunity to cast massive proxy votes in the electronic voting machines.
Actual voters visiting the polling booths to cast their vote are hardly 50 percent, but the news portal reports above 90 percent of voting! How then could it happen? The only possibility is proxy voting (mass scale rigging) inside the polling booths!
Thus, we now have some salient reasons about why and how corrupt politicians win elections after elections with ever increasing margins against the opposition candidates.
The main problems with us, the common voters, are here
Most of "us" think, "what is the value of a single vote?"
"We" are influenced by pre-poll and exit-poll analyses by the mainstream news media, which are all paid/sponsored analyses by ruling political parties.
"We" are influenced by the fearmongering tactics of the ruling political parties.
As a result, "We" don't go to the polling booth to cast "our" votes.
As a result, "We" indirectly provide "full opportunities" to corrupt politicians to exercise "proxy votes" or "mass scale rigging" inside the polling booths.
Thus, the insensitive dealing of voting processes by the common voters gives huge opportunities to the corrupt politicians to win elections by pushing mass-scale proxy votes and rigging.
Bringing it altogether
All election processes are complex, irreversible, and not easy to be correctible.
Hence, citizens have no other choice other than to cast their invaluable votes.
By exercising their voting rights, citizens can ouster corrupt politicians from winning elections and hence from forming the government.
Casting a vote for the most deserving candidate can only change the governance from an evil one to a better and civilized one.
Image Source: Manny Becerra on Unsplash.
I will always request all to please cast your vote. Never give any chance to the corrupt politicians for rigging and manipulation inside the polling booths.
Cheers!
Unity (Debesh Choudhury)
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Unite and Empower Humanity.
July 17, 2022
Here in our country, corruption is so rampant. History repeats. During elections, vote buying is truly an issue, Sir. And then when corrupt politicians are already in service, they tend to forget the promises they have made. How sad it is that reality is controlled by money and oftentimes luxury of money becomes power. Still I would like to send hello from the beautiful Philippines.