1. A comprehensive review of quantitative cross-national studies of political violence. 2. Despite the reports of political violence and killing, there has been plenty of genuine electioneering. 3. Furthermore, none of the considerations I have adduced suggest that political violence will rapidly diminish, still less disappear. 4. In other words, general levels of income inequality have a positive effect on the incidence of political violence. 5. In others, unsatisfactory political or economic conditions have led to an explosion of protest behavior and political violence against the regime. 6. It was the latest instance of an attempt to lend religious authority to political violence. 7. People who opposed the regime were executed in a wave of political violence. 8. Political violence tapered off after the elections. 9. Political violence tapered off significantly as the election approached. |