Scandal and corruption can sometimes lead to electorates choosing radical alternatives.
It has been argued that one of the many reasons for the recent election of Hamas in Palestine was because of allegations of favouritism, nepotism and corruption by the ruling Fatah faction in the Palestinian Authority. The Palestinian people are well versed politically so they must have known the reaction of their enemies to the election of Hamas. Yet they voted this way mainly as a rejection of corruption.
The same can be argued about a study in Britain that suggests that fully 25% would vote for the extremist BNP. This isn't to suggest widespread racism, though that may play somewhat of a role, but seems yet another example of the population rejecting what they percieve as corruption or at least lack of proper representation by the established political parties.
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/farright/story/0,,1755286,00.html
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