A common experience in most developing countries is the struggle and bloodshed that countries endured to install a multi-party system as a means of democracy. Single-party dominance, which was previously the electoral practice in most developing countries, has led to traumatic authoritarianism. In India, the system of one-party rule has remained vibrant since ways were found to incorporate liberal democracy. (Speiss, 2009, p5) Voting patterns and behaviors in Kenya are part of an ethnic and economic divide; voters believe that the ethnic group that will win the electoral office is the one that will be in power and control the country. An ethnic group believes that if the president or a particular minister is from their ethnicity, unemployment cases will be handled effectively. Wealth will also be distributed more based on their location than an equal distribution and so when voters go to vote, they do so not for the best of the country but for their own ethnicity. Another determining factor in voting patterns discovered in Kenya is the desire of voters to associate themselves with the winning team; they believe that the ruling party will retain its glory and as such they will not “waste” their vote on a party that is doomed to lose due to being in the opposition. Kenya is heavily influenced by ethnic blocs and alignment due to its status as a multi-ethnic nation. Unlike other developing countries where religion plays a key role in the electoral process, Kenyan voters are not easily religiously inclined. The 2007 general elections and the 2010 constitutional referendum are a good example. During the 2007 general elections, most clergy took politics from the pulpit at the International Conference on the Electoral System and Electoral Politics. Pp 22. November 2-3, 2006. Speiss Clemens. Democracy and party systems in developing countries: a comparative study of India and South Africa. 2009, Routledge: USABratton Michael and Bhavnani Ravi. “Voting in Africa: ethnic, economic or strategies? paper presented for presentation at the Africa Seminar, Department of Political Science, MIT, November 19, 2009. pp 1-46. Chamarbagwala Rubiana & Ranger Martin. “Son Preference, Voting Behavior and Missing Women in India,” April 25, 2006. pp37. Retrieved from www.cid.harvard.edu/.../docs/neudc07_s5_p05_chamarbagwala.pdf Gary, Prevost and Harry, E. Vanden (2010). Chapter 6: Region in Latin America. New York: SAGE.Sullivan Mark P. “Venezuela: Political Conditions and American Policy,” Congressional Research Service, July 28, 2009. pp.. 64