oooh the Silent Majorty stands with us!
yeah, sure
meanwhile, the actual majority is sleeping though this. Just like they sleep through every election cycle. If you could somehow ran on “oh, was that today? I had no idea” you would be the eternal incumbent
I remember textbooks in my formative years bringing that up as a bad thing to show how “fake” the elections were, not tolerating meaningful dissent away from pre-selected leaders.