The reelection of President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador is welcome news. His success shows that security is a prerequisite for happiness and freedom. Lacking security, people set aside the pursuit of happiness and ambition and focus on simple survival. Lacking security, the innocent are left easy prey for the vicious and the violent.

These facts drove Bukele’s stunning margin of victory on Sunday, Feb. 4. Before the electoral reporting system suffered a technical failure, Bukele had secured 83% of the vote. This was not so much a landslide as an electoral earthquake.