Voters are flocking to the polls to set things right with the autocrats

Kim Lane Scheppele attributes high voter turnout and the opposition's significant success to authoritarian leaders' inability to manipulate the election outcome this time. The Princeton University professor, an expert on Eastern European democracies, explained to Amanda Taub that a decisive victory by challengers, like the recent success of American Democrats, cannot be falsified. However, if the margin is narrow, autocrats can employ various dirty tricks to sway the results in their favor.