fear-mongering in Romania has almost no power outside of the capital. all the young people who to go university there do get scared and start voting for druggies and whores, but most everyone else sees the charade for what it is and votes the guy that seems least fake.

what they do is actually strong-arm people into voting for lefties. they get entire villages drunk then cart them off to voting stations and if you're one of the couple people who didn't tag along in that village they know you probably voted "wrong" and start singling you out for aggression.