Against the backdrop of a potentially explosive winter, the lack of policy discussion that has characterised the "express" election has raised alarm.
In the runup to the "express" election, EU officials have insisted that bailout commitments leave Athens with almost no room for manoeuvre.
Nearly six years after the eruption of the financial crisis, the "express" election, while shorn of the bellicosity of previous polls, has revealed Greeks to be in a fickle mood.
It has been so widespread, that in the past one week, I've had three people from different countries on either side of our boarders, express pre-election anxiety that if Senator Obama won, they were fearful for his safety.
And the consent of the governed is expressed in elections, through ballots, votes that are cast by the people.
"They must be allowed to lead the country in the consolidation of peace, reconciliation, reconstruction, democracy and development as per the will of the Kenyan people, expressed in elections in March this year".
This kind of political power can be expressed via elections, lobbying, economic action (boycotts, strikes and mutual aid), and all the varied tactics of nonviolent direct action.
In 2013 he told the Coalition of African American Pastors Leadership Conference that "We should never be for democracy," because it means majority will expressed through elections.
After all, the argument usually goes like this: When businesses and wealthy individuals buy political influence, they are overriding the wishes of the citizenry expressed through elections and thus are subverting democracy.
What polls and surveys suggest, though, is that the belief that elections express the true preferences of the people may be nearly as imaginary.
In Pakistan, while continuing to express support for elections, she has scrambled for ways to keep Gen. Pervez Musharraf, a military dictator who took power in a 1999 coup, in office.
