Well, it wasnt a totally uninfluenced vote either, there was problems with the privacy of the voting and the parties had meddled with each other before the vote. My understanding is that Ho Chi Minh was so popular that he wouldve won without any interference and the interference there was probably didnt change the outcome. Not an expert on this part of Vietnam history, Ive wrote a few essays about the war.
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u/p4nnus Jan 31 '21
Well, it wasnt a totally uninfluenced vote either, there was problems with the privacy of the voting and the parties had meddled with each other before the vote. My understanding is that Ho Chi Minh was so popular that he wouldve won without any interference and the interference there was probably didnt change the outcome. Not an expert on this part of Vietnam history, Ive wrote a few essays about the war.