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Originally Posted by HPLovecraft
You miss the most powerful factor in the entire region, and the most attractive reason for voting Hamas into power: religion.
Hamas ran with a policy of instituting Sharia, not only in Palestine, but all of the Holy Land.
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I guess then it comes down to the percentage of people who voted for Hamas for the explicit establishment of a Sharia state*.
What is your best source of data and/or guess on that number?
Conversely, do you think a similar type of strategy is evinced by looking at the popularity, or lack thereof, of a politician like Avigdor Lieberman?
* This question is somewhat similar to the votes Republicans received
because of Todd Akin's views on abortion. I would contend that it is the minority, but have no proof for or against that.