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Allende won with 37% and a 83% turnout, Nixon won with 43% and a 62% turnout, giving Allende 30% of the popular vote and Nixon 27 %. I'm not sure what this tel
by Frompo 10y ago
Allende won with 37% and a 83% turnout, Nixon won with 43% and a 62% turnout, giving Allende 30% of the popular vote and Nixon 27 %.
I'm not sure what this tells us about Nixons right to have Allende deposed though.
- fixxer 10y agoI'm not defending Nixon; fuck that guy. I will, however, say that Allende is oft depicted by the left as some universally beloved leader that only the aristocracy despised. I have not heard this from my (many) Chilean friends (and they aren't part of that aristocracy). Also, it is hard to overthrow a leader when they actually are universally beloved. It happens because the people let it.