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It's on the rise, yeah. It's not just France. The UK may have just managed to get a majority, but that's a peculiarity of their electoral system. As a fraction
by occz 2y ago
It's on the rise, yeah. It's not just France.
The UK may have just managed to get a majority, but that's a peculiarity of their electoral system. As a fraction of the votes, their far right gained a larger share than in previous years.
Similar effects can be observed in plenty of countries, among those Sweden, Germany to some extent, Italy, Hungary has been way left for a long time, etc.
- youngtaff 2y agoComparing the most recent election in the UK and the one before it the vote for the right (Reform) increased by 2% points (14% overall) versus the vote share for UKIP in 2019 The other right wing parties (Conservatives, DUP) got 25% between them Where as the more progressive parties got over 50% of the vote - Greens got 6%, LibDems 12%, Labour 34% plus SNP and Plaid Cymru To say the right did well in the UK election just isn’t true
- chgs 2y agoDepends if you consider Tory as “far right” now and not a decade ago. Farage got 12.6% in 2015 and 14.3% in 2024. That’s not a massive increase. Tory vote meanwhile fell from 37% to 19% On the centre-left side, In 2015 Lib/Lab got 38%, by 2025 that had increased to 46% On the left side the greens increased from 4% to 6.5%
- fakedang 2y agoTo be honest, the UK elections might be parliamentary, but they have a very Presidential character to them, just as is the case in India and Canada. People still vote for the PM face. This time, they didn't want to vote in Rishi. Put Boris Johnson on the ticket, and I'm certain the results would have been extremely different.
- chgs 2y agoNot round here, massive support fur incumbant local mp even from those that vote another way at council elections