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The lack of movement could benefit Renzi, if voters conclude that they should not waste such a rare opportunity to do something to reform their sclerotic system.
Opinion polls now indicate a 5-6-point majority for No, with 20% of voters still undecided.
Don’t just change the constitution, the No campaign implores voters: change everything!
These voters formed the basis of the AKP’s electoral victories and democratic legitimacy.
For example, after American voters learned that President George W. Bush had led the United States into a war with Iraq without proof of weapons of mass destruction, they re-elected him.
What most voters want is political leaders who have a coherent guiding philosophy, a persuasive policy narrative, and a genuine commitment to a decent governing process.
Sarkozy has adopted a statesmanlike pose, as befits the incumbent, warning voters of the hard grind to come, such as the need to work longer hours for lower hourly pay.
Interpretation of the election has been influenced by exit polls in which voters were asked (after they voted) about which issues mattered most to them.
In India, the question is whether newly elected Prime Minister Narendra Modi will move decisively to fulfill voters’ high expectations for economic reform before his post-victory honeymoon is over.
In the December 2015 parliamentary election, two thirds of voters lent their support to the democratic opposition.
Egypt needs a constitution that enjoys broad support – and that includes checks and balances that make it difficult for minorities (even those who command the support of a plurality of voters) to rule majorities.
Repeatedly, voters have thrown out incumbents, dissatisfied with the direction of the economy – only to have the new government continue on the same course dictated from Brussels, Frankfurt, and Berlin.
And how will voters react?
Surely, Iraqi voters could find a better leader than Maliki to steer the country through these troubled times; with a general election set for April 30, maybe they will.
By December 2015, voters elected a National Assembly with a two-thirds opposition majority, signaling to Maduro and his cronies that even a highly illiberal democracy would not suffice to maintain them in power.
Free and fair presidential and parliamentary elections have brought to power leaders who, by implementing radical reforms, are determined to realize voters’ demands for a modern economy and an end to corruption.
Voters, clearly tired of the status quo, want change at the top, leaving even major parties’ establishments struggling to install leaders of their choosing.
But some of the leaders voters do trust could pose a very real danger – to their supporters, their countries, and the world.
If mainstream leaders want to change voters’ minds, they should look carefully at what leadership really means.
Voters need to see candidates who show purpose, impartiality, and competence.
To explain the apparent paradox, they cite these voters’ ignorance, irrationality, or racism.
When mainstream politicians lose their credibility, it is natural for voters to discount the promises they make.
Voters are more likely to be attracted to candidates who have anti-establishment credentials and can safely be expected to depart from prevailing policies.
They claim to be reformers, but why should voters believe leaders who appear no different from the previous crop of politicians who oversold them the gains from globalization and pooh-poohed their grievances?
A pooling equilibrium can be disrupted if reformist politicians can “signal” to voters his or her “true type.”
Yet wooing voters back from populist demagogues may require nothing less.
The key liberalizing reforms that would enhance the economy’s flexibility and pace of adjustment are simply not on the agenda (owing to an underlying lack of trust among voters).
China’s leaders will make their choices, as will German voters.
Although Dutch voters flocked to the polls to deny victory to the extreme xenophobe Geert Wilders, the risk of another populist upset remains real.
So those who want a reformed and thriving EU must do more to counter the populist threat, by dispelling the false perceptions that are fueling it, and providing positive and viable solutions to the real problems that are driving European voters to rebel against the establishment.
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