[Quizzical eyebrow... Why do people always sound so agitated when this happens? :? It must be because they never think of these things first. Yes, that makes sense.]

It doesn't seem like the activity has a point as a whole. The only way that this has meaning is if it is contested. No one believes that elections in nations that are run by despots are fair, representative, or meaningful; if that person 'scares' everyone into voting for her-- and I can't imagine how they would-- then she has successfully demonstrated her skill at winning, through one way or another, a rather pointless popularity contest of some kind.

[She shrugs.] And... aren't you rather old for a high school prom anyway, Taiwan?