[zkmon]

Maturity of a voter is over-estimated. If they are like kids, giving them candy is all that is required to get votes. If they hate the other community, hitting hard at the other community is all that is needed. Sharing of power? Coalition governments can't agree on almost anything. Heck, they take months to even form a government, after the elections are over.

Sometimes a move to democracy only resulted in the same aristocratic families grabbing the power quite easily and keeping it for decades.

Getting votes is entirely a different skill from running a country to its prosperity. Unfortunately it is seen as qualification to become a leader.