The incumbents in every single one of the 10 major countries that have been tracked by the ParlGov global research project and held national elections in 2024 were given a kicking by voters. This is the first time this has ever happened in almost 120 years of records. The cause? Inflation.
And to clarify: this isn't just the first time since WW2 that all incumbent parties in developed countries lost vote share.It's the first time since this data was first recorded in 1905. Essentially the first time in the history of democracy (universal suffrage began in 1894). pic.twitter.com/9NfiKISRyU
" John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch) November 7, 2024
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Commentary: Democrats join 2024's global graveyard of incumbents
Governments across the world are struggling in this period of economic and geopolitical turmoil, writes the Financial Times' John Burn-Murdoch.
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That's going to werk out SO well!
#4 | Posted by Corky
Ever since democrats abandoned populism their only win was due to a pandemic being flubbed by the republican.
#5 | Posted by SpeakSoftly
I'm coming to the conclusion that people just don't care, absent some great crisis.
The only reason Obama won in 2008 was because of the financial meltdown, with McCain/Palin ahead by 5+ points before that happened. The 2008 Onion post-election headline summed it up pretty nicely ("Nation Finally [Sheetey] Enough To Make Social Progress" theonion.com ). Clinton only won because of the poor economy and Perot siphoning off Bush Sr.'s votes.
On top of that, Dems govern doing a balancing act of not teeing off their base (e.g., Latinos by shutting down the border, trans-friendly policies, expressing concern for the well-being of Palestinian terrorists, etc). Herding cats with each position costing them with someone else.
Trump keeps winning by lying through his teeth about the sky falling, Mexican rapists, and Haitian pet eaters and motivates his base to turn out, everyone hearing what they wanted to hear.
Dems try to rile people up but the concepts are too vague (fascism, democracy, corruption) to register with people or cut through the fact that ground beef costs $5 a pound.
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