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Ben Wikler: “This was an anti incumbent wave year. Around the world…”

Featuring: Ben Wikler, Democratic | Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin

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One that tied a glass half full of the glass half empty. I got you. Yes. So here's what I mean. It seems very clear from the data that This was an anti incumbent wave year. Around the world, parties left, right and center lost vote share. The biggest loss across race and ethnicity and gender and geography was from people who were hardest hit by inflation, who reported it had a big, big effect on them people. (01:59–02:06)

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Asserts that the 2024 election was part of a global trend of anti-incumbent sentiment.

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