Fragmented secular revolutionaries split their vote and lost to organized blocs

Evidence

But quite a lot of people voted, and the election seemed legitimate. In the first round Morsi got 25 percent, Shafik received 24 percent, and Sabahi and Fotouh took 21 and 17 percent, respectively. The secular revolutionaries were horrified. The election would come down to a runoff between the Muslim Brotherhood and the old regime. If they had been able to organize a united front, the combined votes for Sabahi and Fotouh would have easily surpassed the numbers earned by Mubarak’s man. In the second round, Morsi won. — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn, 306

Categorization

• XREF: A concrete numerical instance of the leaderless/horizontal fragmentation problem flagged elsewhere in this book. — connects to: The occupation tactic lost potency once the Square fragmented into many small groups. — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and…, 302; Fragmented secular revolutionary vote split the round and guaranteed an Islamist-regime runoff — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and…, 306; Some revolutionaries spoilt ballots to reject both the military council and the Brotherhood — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and…, 305