“I’m voting for Nuevas Ideas because I want the president to have control of everything.” This is how one college student supporting Nuevas Ideas, Nayib Bukele’s party, views El Salvador’s February 28 legislative elections. All reputable polling indicates that Nuevas Ideas will emerge from the elections having consolidated its position as the greatest political force in the country. This is the general sense of people in the streets as well, despite warnings from numerous civil society...