I have to assume that this is irony. Trump has been the dominant figure in American politics for almost a decade, longer than perhaps anyone in American history other than FDR, Jackson and TR. The 'd… (View Post)

Polls on any given issue only really mean much if the said issue is particularly salient. The electoral system clearly isn't, and indeed it wasn't much when there was a referendum on the issue in 201… (View Post)

"The far right has struggled to make an electoral impact in the UK, over many elections and many incarnations: Reform UK, the Brexit Party, UKIP, and earlier iterations." None of those are … (View Post)

Worth noting that a lot of polling in the United States has a clear partisan or ideological agenda, in a way that isn't the case in most of the democratic world. To quote from the quoted section: &qu… (View Post)

There's an assumption in the West (particularly the Anglospheric West) that the entire world has the same priorities and takes the same or similar outlook as it does. The climate issue is a prominent… (View Post)