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I don't see how it has been advantageous to the incumbent party since they have conspicuously failed to prevent the problem.
by Veen 4y ago
I don't see how it has been advantageous to the incumbent party since they have conspicuously failed to prevent the problem.
- themitigating 4y agoIf they fix the problem that removes a reason to vote for them.
- NikolaNovak 4y agoIn several places in the world, the local Conservative party incites / leverages "fear of the other" to the mainstream. If the problem were to either be fixed or go away, they would lose major, major recruiting impetus. I'm not necessarily interested in following through the more tenuous links. But illegal immigrants are an absolute boom to Conservative parties. It's a recruitment, it's a distraction, it's an effective and frequent emotional lever.