Discontented, economically squeezed voters have turned against sitting governments on both right and left during many of the dozens of elections held this year, as global power blocs shift and political certainties crumble.
LONDON (AP) — Discontented, economically squeezed voters have turned against sitting governments on both right and left during many of the dozens of elections held this year, as global power blocs shift and political certainties crumble.
The world is already anxiously turning to November’s presidential election in the U.S., where an acrimonious campaign was dealt a shocking blow by an assassination attempt against Republican nominee and former president, Donald Trump.
Inflation and unemployment are rising in India, the world’s largest democracy, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party unexpectedly lost its parliamentary majority after a decade of dominance.
In South Africa, sky-high rates of unemployment and inequality helped drive a dramatic loss of support for the African National Congress, which had governed ever since the end of the apartheid system of white minority rule in 1994.
As in so many countries, Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces a jaded electorate that wants lower prices and better public services — but is deeply skeptical of politicians’ ability to deliver change.
Associated Press writers Danica Kirka in London, Rob Gillies in Toronto, Gerald Imray in Cape Town, South Africa, Sheikh Saaliq in New Delhi, Mariana Martinez in Mexico City, Monika Pronczuk in Dakar, Senegal, Regina Garcia Cano in Caracas, Venezuela, and Stephen McGrath in Brasov, Romania, contributed.
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LONDON (AP) — Discontented, economically squeezed voters have turned against sitting governments on both right and left during many of the dozens of elections held this year, as global power blocs shift and political certainties crumble.
The world is already anxiously turning to November’s presidential election in the U.S., where an acrimonious campaign was dealt a shocking blow by an assassination attempt against Republican nominee and former president, Donald Trump.
Inflation and unemployment are rising in India, the world’s largest democracy, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party unexpectedly lost its parliamentary majority after a decade of dominance.
In South Africa, sky-high rates of unemployment and inequality helped drive a dramatic loss of support for the African National Congress, which had governed ever since the end of the apartheid system of white minority rule in 1994.
As in so many countries, Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces a jaded electorate that wants lower prices and better public services — but is deeply skeptical of politicians’ ability to deliver change.
Associated Press writers Danica Kirka in London, Rob Gillies in Toronto, Gerald Imray in Cape Town, South Africa, Sheikh Saaliq in New Delhi, Mariana Martinez in Mexico City, Monika Pronczuk in Dakar, Senegal, Regina Garcia Cano in Caracas, Venezuela, and Stephen McGrath in Brasov, Romania, contributed.
The original article contains 1,268 words, the summary contains 217 words. Saved 83%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!