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"Voters" için sonuçlar gösteriliyor
Not too late to have another say on Brexit
On the 29th of this month, Britain is expected to leave the European Union. Since the referendum of June 2016, in which 52 per cent of voters made that decision, preparations for what was quickly dubbed Brexit have been marred by serious controversies.
The World At Home
While I await Beto O’Rourke’s decision whether or not to run for US President in 2020, I want to resume my discussion of some of the myths Donald Trump has continued to promote during his presidency. But before I continue: if you are wondering how such a bold-faced liar could have ever been elected, you must first understand how ill-informed roughly half of American voters are.
The World At Home - Charles Laffiteau's Bigger Picture
With only a couple of exceptions, President Trump has thus far shown little inclination to support political compromises that he believes would alienate his base of conservative voters.
Charles Laffiteau's Bigger Picture
If nothing else, during his first few weeks in office President Donald Trump has already succeeded in rattling both friends and foes alike in America and around the world. While it remains to be seen if his frenetic pace and chaotic management style will lead to the kind of change his supporters are hoping for, all of his executive orders and adversarial tweets are aimed at solidifying the support of the older, less-educated white voters who put him in office. In other words, there is a method to President Trump’s madness.
Charles Laffiteau's Bigger Picture
Donald Trump won the US presidential election because he succeeded in feeding the same unrealistic expectations of mature white voters with lower levels of education that Michael Gove, Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage stoked in order to persuade their British counterparts to vote for Brexit. Both Trump and the Brexit champions blamed the declining economic fortunes of their countries’ blue-collar workers on immigration and companies shifting manufacturing jobs abroad
Charles Laffiteau's Bigger Picture
Donald Trump’s success in feeding the unrealistic expectations of older and less educated white voters is the same strategy that Michael Gove, Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage used to persuade their counterparts in the UK to vote for Brexit. But before I discuss the parallels between these two elections, I want first to cover how close Trump came to losing.
Moldovans in Ireland ‘excluded’ from presidential poll as not enough ballots for turnout
Britain’s voters must focus on the big picture, not on Cameron’s deals
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