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https://theconversation.com/hamas-was-unpopular-in-gaza-before-it-attacked-israel-surveys-showed-gazans-cared-more-about-fighting-poverty-than-armed-resistance-215640
Don’t try to rewrite history. They voted them in knowing full well it would be their last vote. And both regimes are engaged in attempts at genocide. One is just far better equipped to carry it out.
I'm not actually clear on what part of my comment you are having an issue with.
And Gazans voted them in hoping the platform of better internal security, less corruption, and less extremism that Hamas was running on would give them a better life. Exit polls corroborate this, with most voters saying they wanted peace with Israel and wanted Hamas to moderate its stance against Israel.