Two charts that lay bare the threat posed by radical right parties to western democracies

<https://theconversation.com/two-charts-that-lay-bare-the-threat-posed-by-radical-right-parties-to-western-democracies-262070>

"In the 2024 UK general election, Reform came third with a 14% share of the
vote, capturing five seats in the House of Commons. This was a breakthrough
election for the party. In the previous general election in 2019, when it was
known as the Brexit party, it won a 2% vote share and captured no parliamentary
seats at all.

This success is part of a trend. Radical right-wing populist parties are making
gains in elections across many democracies and, in plenty of cases, they’re
winning power. Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy has been in government in
Italy since the election of September 2022, when they took 26% of the vote and
captured 119 seats in the national parliament.

In the National Assembly elections of June 2024, Marine Le Pen’s National Rally
increased its representation from 89 seats to 125 seats. And in the
Netherlands, the Freedom Party (PVV), led by right-wing populist Geert Wilders
won the largest vote share in 2023 with 24%, capturing 37 seats in the House of
Representatives.

Perhaps most significantly, Donald Trump won the US presidential election in
November 2024 with a rightwing populist agenda – a victory that has created
turmoil in American politics and the economy, along with the rest of the
world."

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net               Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/            Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/               Manager, Serious Cybernetics