Poll Results: Who or What Is Most to Blame for the Rise of Democratic Absolutism?

The results for the poll, with the question “Who or what is most to blame for the rise of democratic absolutism?,” ending at midnight between June and July, are as follows:

Total votes: 51.

• The Enlightenment: 28 (54%)
• French revolutionaries: 10 (19%)
• The Allies of World War One: 3 (5%)
• None of the [other stated alternatives]. Someone or something else: 3 (5%)
• English Whigs: 2 (3%)
• Napoleon Bonaparte: 1 (1%)
• The Central Powers of World War One: 1 (1%)
• 19th century Western politicians: 1 (1%)
• Monarchical absolutism: 1 (1%)
• None of the [other stated alternatives]. None are to blame: 1 (1%)
• American colonial rebels: 0 (0%)
• Pre-1900 constitutional monarchism: 0 (0%)

A new poll will be up soon.