Trump losing rural support…

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…also, center-left parties around the world continue to benefit from Trump’s presidency.

The conservatives in Canada, who had a big polling lead before Trump, saw that collapse entirely thanks to the Orange one. Their leader and candidate for PM Pierre Poilievre actually lost his own seat.

And yesterday, the same thing happened in Australia:

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has secured a second term in office in what appears to be an election wipeout for the Liberal Party leader, as voters chose stability over change against a backdrop of global turmoil inflicted by a returning US President Donald Trump.

Note: The “Liberal party” is the main conservative, right-wing party in Australia.

I think it must be that down under, they’re all upside down :wink:

Albanese’s Labor Party was on course to secure a majority, and while votes were still being counted, early results showed a sharp swing towards his center-left party, according to projections from national broadcaster the ABC and CNN affiliate Sky News.

Liberal Party leader Peter Dutton, who had hoped to end the night as prime minister, lost the outer-suburban Brisbane seat that he’s held for more than 20 years, ending a brutal night for the veteran politician who held senior seats in the last Coalition government.

Dutton entered the five-week campaign…

Five-week campaign! We can’t we have nice things like that?

… on a strong footing. But analysts say his chances were badly damaged by policy misses and reversals, and weighed down by Trump’s wrecking-ball approach to the global order.

Thanks Don! You’re like a hit! (…upside the head with a baseball bat…)