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The Trump Effect on the Australian and Canadian elections

Revulsion at Trump almost certainly contributed to conservative defeats in two Anglosphere nations where Trump was simply not on the ballot

4 May 2025

1:07 PM

4 May 2025

1:07 PM

In the last days of April, Canada voted to return the Liberal Party to power despite the Liberal Party’s obvious illiberalism (as demonstrated by Trudeau’s crackdown on anti-Covid-lockdown protests). Indeed, Trudeau’s actions did not resemble anything ‘liberal’ at all, but rather were much more akin to what one would expect from Fidel Castro… Of course, Trudeau’s actions meant that the Liberals needed a new candidate for Prime Minister, and the Liberals decided on Mark Carney, who was Trudeau’s economic advisor.

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