Not difficult to do when you run unopposed and even though voting is not mandatory, there are neighborhood watch groups to ensure that everyone votes or else. :0)


>>>I only denigrated the 'free' health care of Cuba in so much as Castro has used it like bread and circuses. Swapping freedom for free health care still doesn't seem like a good deal, though I believe in both.
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>>Same here. I'm a proponent for free health care (and I'm mostly libertarian - I know, it makes no sense). However, in Britain's case when it comes to cancer, I'm not sure the national system is the best route to go:
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>>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/08/21/ncancer121.xml
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>>I guess we're not privy to the rate in Cuba...
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>I'm sure it is somewhere around 99.7% ( I think that is the percentage of the vote Castro got over his presidency. )