Robinson raises the question of election. An administration’s actual legitimacy may be grounded in such demonstrations of bureaucratic power as gaining the acclaim of institutions. ‘We are in power because we can enforce possession’ may be immoral but enforceable. Even assuming a candidate cheated in an election his ability to get away with it would be a demonstration that the system is willing to go along with it. He can make it happen; he has the vote of the insiders. And that pragmatically counts for something.