I really doubt that 97% of there voting population showed up, As with all comminust or dictatorships any information that comes from there country has to be considered a lie,How was are election phony? Bush won the electoral college vote, its an outdated and needs to be replaced system, but he won, deal with it. And if it is true that that many people show up to there votes then i gotta believe they dont have a big voting class.Yes cuba's elections are a sham,And even if Fidel lost the vote, he would either fix the votes which he prolly does anyway, or just ingore the vote all together. But ur question is good WHY DO THE IDIOTS SHOW UP? When they know they dont control shit. Happy?