Why 2024 Has Been Brutal for Incumbents
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It's a pretty bad time to be an incumbent as across the world, voters are inflicting defeats on leaders and ruling parties in an unprecedented global wave. But why is this happening, and are the parties involved learning any lessons?

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Sources:

Inflation: https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/voices/victory-in-sight-but-the-war-on-global-inflation-isn-t-yet-won

Anti-incumbent wave: https://www.ft.com/content/e8ac09ea-c300-4249-af7d-109003afb893 https://www.theguardian.com/global/2024/nov/10/kamala-harris-is-just-the-latest-victim-of-global-trend-to-oust-incumbents https://apnews.com/article/global-elections-2024-democracy-polarization-unhappy-719d47908aca0b421ff3b9bef33e350c https://www.axios.com/2024/06/06/world-elections-anti-incumbent-leaders-backlash https://www.vox.com/2024-elections/383208/donald-trump-victory-kamala-harris-global-trend-incumbents https://theconversation.com/inflation-is-radioactive-trumps-victory-is-part-of-a-global-populist-wave-of-voters-throwing-out-incumbents-243113

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