Not exactly. 'They' want to win, but they want to win without unleashing dangerous mass currents. I would assume that the leadership knows as well as you and I do that their current policies are very apt to lose elections.
^^^^^ CB: Your generalization, here, regarding the DP contradicts the fact that the DP wins lots of elections.
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This would almost certainly be true of the national leadership and probably of most state leadership. It is very dangerous to regard people as fools.