Elections are held to delude the populace into believing that they are participating in government.
Donors don't win elections; voters win elections.
Political elections are not life and death.
It's not opinion polls that determine the outcome of elections, it's votes in ballot boxes.
Idealism loses to pragmatism when it comes to winning elections.
When religious leaders get involved in elections, it is usually with a reactionary social agenda.
Not surprisingly, in most Sunni regions there has little appetite for free U.S.-sponsored elections.
Voter fraud especially matters when elections are close.
