• tomalley8342@lemmy.world
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    2 hours ago

    Maybe they voted against the incumbent

    I wouldn’t be so confident about assigning such motivation.

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      39 minutes ago

      In that one case, they’re a pretty consistent electorate. The general sentiment across America and around the globe since the post-pandemic inflation crisis began has been anti incumbent, which is why we see a lot of changed governments and populist uprisings now.