Votes are being counted in the world's largest democracy, India. Looks like people there are shocking predictors by voting in the opposition party...just like France, and Spain before that.
Could I know less about this? As my Magic 8-ball might say, "signs point to no." But it's still interesting. Also seems to mean that if your name is Gandhi, you're never out of an Indian election.
[UPDATE: It's official.
"'Basically it is the anger of the working class,' said Sawali Rai, 34, who works in a public sector bank. 'Privatization, no government jobs, prices rising. On the pressure of the World Bank they are pressuring the common man.' And unlike in the United States, where the most prosperous also vote the most, in India it is the poor who turn out in greatest numbers."Wouldn't that be nice?]
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