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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* In [[Marvel Comics]]' ''[[Secret Wars]]'', practically the first thing the heroes do after the Beyonder transports them to Battleworld is to elect a leader (unsurprisingly, it turns out to be [[Captain America (comics)]]).
* In ''[[JLA-Avengers]]'' when the two teams team up Cap is once again chosen as the leader of all.
* In ''[[The Walking Dead (comics)|The Walking Dead]]'', the survivors attempt multiple forms of governing themselves. They eventually settle on electing a triumvirate. It works. [[It Got Worse|For a while.]]
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* ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' subverts and parodies various aspects of this as the Golganfrinchan B Ark crew form committees to make fire, adopt the leaf as currency and then suggest burning down forests to avert inflation, and various others absurdities. But then again their population consists entirely of hair dressers, marketing executives, and telephone sanitizers.
* ''[[Lord of the Flies]]'' has an election between two of the boys. Despite the more level headed candidate getting in, ultimately things descend into chaos.
* Similar to ''[[Lord of the Flies]]'', the ''[[Gone (novel)]]'' series features a population of children coming together to survive after all the adults suddenly disappear and they find themselves trapped inside a giant ethereal dome. The first book features an [[Affably Evil]] young man stage a quasi-peaceful takeover of things only to be deposed when his corrupt "government"'s dirty secrets are exposed and things turn violent.
* In [[Robert A. Heinlein]]'s ''[[Tunnel
* ''[[The Stand]]'' has a pretty lengthy scene dealing with this, as the new Boulder residents have their [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] as they vote to reinstate the US Constitution. Then they actually have to get down to the nitty-gritty of running the place and the protagonists ultimately form a ruling council with [[Magical Negro]] Abagail at its head, because she's the reason everyone settled in Boulder in the first place.
* [[Cory Doctorow]]'s short story ''When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth'' starts with the main character in question (who survived the apocalypse by being inside a building with a bunch of servers and filtered air) running a campaign and then election for the Prime Minister of the Internet. It doesn't last long, although he is known as the Prime Minister forever after by geeks.
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