4th July 2009

Krauthammer’s Tirana Index

Charles Krauthammer

The higher the vote any government wins in an election, the more tyrannical it is.

The Tirana Index, named after the capital of Albania, was devised by columnist Charles Krauthammer following that country’s 1982 election in which a slate backed by the local dictator, Enver Hoxha, eked out a victory of 1627959 to 1 (cited in New Yorker, June 21st 1993).


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