Day 1,431: electorate, ossify

Elderly electorates ossify politics, too.

Artwork of the day 
Portrait of Elector Frederick the Wise of Saxony
Albrecht Durer
Date: 1496
Style: Northern Renaissance
Genre: portrait
Media: canvas, tempera
Location: Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Germany
Dimensions: 57 x 76 cm

Word of the day 
electorate: all the people who are allowed to vote
ossify: If body tissue ossifies, it becomes hard and changes into bone

Quote of the day
“I don't believe we shall ever again have any form of society in which men will be free. One should not hope for it. One should not hope for anything. Hope is invented by politicians to keep the electorate happy.”
― Pier Paolo Pasolini, Philippe Séclier