In the Soviet Union, a.k.a. the Evil Empire, over 90 percent of eligible citizens voted in national elections, of which over 90 percent voted for the members of their ruling clique. All the candidates were government-approved, and national propaganda (all Soviet main-stream media) were 100 percent in favor of those whom the ruling clique wanted to get elected. Although formally a democracy ("People's Democracy" was sometimes used to describe it), the above insidious arrangement was the main instrument in the hands of the Soviet ruling clique with which to decide what the next Soviet government was going to be. And they did use it with professional virtuosity, making sure that the candidates favored by the ruling clique always won on a landslide. For all that was required to control Soviet elections was that most of the voters were duped into believing that the clique's candidates were the best that the country could offer.
