[WalterBright]

Stalin wasn't elected. Neither was Gorbachev.

[eucyclos]

North Vietnam's leaders were. So was Iran's.

[joemazerino]

The notion of being "elected" when you have a gun pointed at you at the ballot casting is silly.

[WalterBright]

You always know the elections are shams when the communist candidate gets 95% of the vote.

[victorbjorklund]

technically North Korea has had elected leaders since the founding. They have elections in North Korea. Doesn’t make me convinced North Korea isn’t a communist dictatorship.