mutantsushi said:
I think he's misunderstanding that figure, which doesn't represent popular support, but represents support of people who voted. Which is how every election in every democracy works, President Obama was not elected by a majority of Americans, more like 25%, even though a majority of those WHO VOTED supported him. If you take into consideration the announced voting participation was 80%, then the actual public support rate is roughly 75%. Which is in line with historical trends of "not happy with status in ukraine", not to mention wholely realistic in the present scenario. Separating from Ukraine and being independent and joining Russia was not a realistic option before, without Russian support for that. With that support now providing protection from violent thugs and the coup regime itself, that becomes the most certain option, rather than trying to stick around with an illegitimate coup regime that isn't in complete control of events in mainland Ukraine itself. That also happens to face economic melt-down. |
Except mass nonvoting by people who disagree with one point generally only happens when there is some sort of problem going on.
