The risks of being connected to Trump – politico

The leaders of all three winning parties were quickly significant – even historical. For Canada's Mark Carney, it was a confirmation of his argument that his country had to challenge a much more independent path from his huge and coveted neighbors.

In the meantime, Australia Anthony Albanese is the resolved defeat of Peter Dutton-Dem Right-wing extremist prime minister candidate as an assertion of the Australian path: “We are not looking for our inspiration from overseas. We find it here in our values ​​and our employees,” he said on the election night.

And while Trump's name was not on the ballot in any country, both Carney and Albanese were actually run against the US President – or used him as a film. It was an approach that helped them to create breathtaking gymnastics against opponents who campaigned for the US leader, and an international trend that generally punished the reigning governments in the surveys.

None of this probably seemed a few months ago, but Trump accidentally shifted the dynamics to the disadvantage of the conservatives who copied the Maga game book. He also provided Carney and Albanese simple, simple stories to offer their voters -something that centrists in this social media -era of exaggeration and polarization fought a lot.

As my politico colleague Zoya Sheftalovich found in her election program from Sydney: “It was the increasing unpopularity of the US President in Australia who really injured Duttons Image.” And the same applies to Canada's liberal – a few months ago nobody gave them the chance to win them.

After a decade of power, the party was accepted and in the middle of an living costs and affordable housing crisis, public support fell from a cliff. Instead, it was a conservative guide Pierre Poilievre, who seemed to be the man of the moment and stood out in his nickname “Trump-Lite”. His plan to clear out a controversial carbon levy had to be returned before the forward, as well as his promise, Canada in “Politics of Common Common”. His party was looking for a comfortable victory.