#election-2024

#election-2024

"The U.S. Embassy certainly knows the polls and that Viktor is not on the winning track. Betting on a loser - that sounds weird."

If things remain the same, or get even worse, I can't see a future here, said Akos, an aspiring teacher, reflecting the sentiments of many young Hungarians.

Voting in Dallas County, Crockett's home base, was wracked with confusion. Ahead of the election, Dallas and Williamson counties had closed centralized voting centers, which had been commonly used by voters of both parties, at the behest of local Republicans. Some voters reported scrambling to figure out their polling place and district court judges extended polling hours in both counties.

Kamala Harris lost last year's US presidential election because she chased the wrong voters with the wrong message, ultimately demobilising the very base that she needed to win, according to an autopsy by a progressive grassroots advocacy group. The vice-president focused on courting moderate Republicans over motivating core Democratic working-class, young and progressive voters, a misstep compounded by her failure to break from Joe Biden on Gaza, says the report by RootsAction.

"Entrenched systems of power, both politically and economically, now dictate how public goods, public dollars fund our public goods. I call that trickle-down-economics, lite."

You guys in the Democrat house have the lowest approval rating ever, so I hear these plans and proposals. You guys are always great about that... but no one's listening to you.

Swinney’s focus is on delivering noticeable improvements in public services, especially in the NHS, which is seen as key for building voter trust and retaining power.