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Authoritarian regimes do not survive on coercion and propaganda alone. If they are to be successful they also require consent - sometimes enthusiastic, often passive. Explicit consent is highly visible. Power requires visible legitimacy. This chapter examines elections, rallies, party discipline, ideological alignment, and public endorsement as forms of active, explicit consent.