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* This is a common consequence of a phenomenon known as "Punishment voting", when people vote ''in masse'' for the ideological opposite of whoever is in power now, just to get that person out of office and have a different face and political party. Usually, the newcomer candidate turns out to be the opposite of what the voters (and, sometimes, the candidate sponsors) wanted. If you combine that with [[Nostalgia Filter]], the results can be awful.
** Punishment voting also takes place in referendums, a notable example being [[w:Brexit|Brexit]]
* When Lena, a young German girl, moved out from her Parents' house at 18 (this was in 2007), they were ''not happy'' about it and had repeatedly tried to convince her to come back. Then Lena got caught in the [[w:Love Parade
* Many lottery winners encounter this, due to not being used to handling such large amounts of money. It's estimated 60% of them wind up bankrupt within a year. See [[A Fool and His New Money Are Soon Parted]].
* The [[Drugs Are Bad|temperance movement]] in America got its wish with the Prohibition in the early [[The Roaring Twenties|1920s]]. But far from making the country a nation of teetotallers, it only forced an entire industry into the hands of the [[Black Market]], encouraged illicit alcohol production and drinking in [[Vice City|speakeasy parlours]], and led to an unworkable ban that [[Bad Cop, Incompetent Cop|underpaid and corrupt police officers]] struggled to uphold. The problems only receded when Prohibition was repealed in 1933.
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