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[Star Wars] Why did most react so positively to Palpatine declaring himself Emperor for life?

That seems like something that would cause a lot of people to be upset, if any president did that today they'd be thrown out of office. You'd think a lot of people would think this is highly contrary to the principles of a republic. 

I know the Chancellor was popular, but I don't think any amount of popularity would allow them to pretty much declare themselves a dictator and just establish a completely new government.
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You have to remember that at the time we were in the middle of a very long and bloody engagement across the galaxy. We were tired of war, just been betrayed by the jedi and needed a strong leader to unify us once again. Palpatine had served well in his role as Chancellor and furthermore even survived an assassination attempt. He was popular, he was resilient, he was the emperor we needed to unite the galaxy in a grand empire.