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In reply to the discussion: Report to NATO: 70% of Syrians support Assad [View all]moondust
(19,972 posts)15. Gee, I thought it was 97%.
When the elder Assad died on on 10 June 2000,[citation needed] Bashar was appointed leader of the Ba'ath Party and the Army,[citation needed] and was elected president unopposed in what the government claimed to be a massive popular support (97.2% of the votes), after the Majlis al-Sha'ab (Parliament) swiftly voted to lower the minimum age for candidates from 40 to 34 (Assad's age when he was elected).[citation needed] On 27 May 2007, Bashar was approved as president for another seven-year term, with the official result of 97.6% of the votes in a referendum without another candidate.[24]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bashar_al-Assad
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bashar_al-Assad
Everybody just loves him!
"The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything." - Old Joe Stalin
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the article is 3 months old. Assad isn't currently "winning". It would be great to find something
KittyWampus
Sep 2013
#1
Why? He had about 60% popular support in Jan 2012 before the Syrians caught a glimpse of the rebels
Catherina
Sep 2013
#14
My request to you, if you have time in next few days, is to start an OP on this subject-
KittyWampus
Sep 2013
#9
Actually, the hope was that he'd be persuaded to pack and leave long ago...but the ebb and flow of
MADem
Sep 2013
#12
His pals in Russia also don't seem to be delivering those fighter jets he hasn't paid for.
KittyWampus
Sep 2013
#13
They're waiting for us with flowers I tell ya! Yemen too can't wait to thank us for the drone love
Catherina
Sep 2013
#11
We still have a problem with that "ends justifying the means" thing.
Waiting For Everyman
Sep 2013
#16
They MUST love Assad: look at the results of their free and fair election in 2007
brooklynite
Sep 2013
#21
Aside from the fact that no poll or survey done in Syria under the current conditions
Daniel537
Sep 2013
#28