The rise of unpopular populism

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  1. >But on current evidence, and with a few more years of demographic churn, it is plausible that an electoral plurality will vote Labour on a rejoin basis.

    Decades, not years

    The Boomers will be here until 2040

  2. >But there must be a limit to how many unpopular ideas a movement can stockpile before suffering electorally.

    They are, the problem is the electoral system

    If we had PR-STV, Left/Liberals could transfer among themselves

    In Australia where they have Compulsory AV, PHON have been rising yet Labor’s 2PP and seat projections keep increasing because PHON (like Reform) is a Boomer party.

  3. According_Music_8570 on

    At what point do you admit the term Populism was never a very descriptive term and just drags down any discussion it’s a part of 

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