When a cache of weapons was found in a tiny Canadian village that has become a symbol of the far right, it didn’t take long for new conspiracy theories to start circulating.
Tag: Polls and Public Opinion
What You Need to Know About the Elections in Italy
The elections could produce the first government led by a woman and by a hard-right party with post-Fascist roots.
A Shrinking Margin
Democrats lost ground with Hispanic voters in 2020. It doesn’t seem to have been a blip.
Democracy Challenged
Representative government faces its most serious threats in decades.
Giorgia Meloni May Lead Italy, and Europe Is Worried
The hard-right leader has excoriated the European Union in the past, and she regularly blasts illegal immigration and George Soros. But she is closer than ever to becoming prime minister.
Sweden’s Far Right Just Made History. Is It the Country’s Future?
The anti-immigration Sweden Democrats beat out more moderate right-wing parties in a country famed for liberal governance. It is the latest example of the right’s staying power across Europe.
Prime Minister Liz Truss’s Dizzying First Week
Ms. Truss took over a British government facing an economic emergency. But those problems have been eclipsed by the queen’s death, an epochal event that has put politics on hold.
Are the Polls Wrong Again?
Are Democrats again about to be disappointed by overly optimistic polling?
Anti-Monarchists Tread Lightly After Queen’s Death, but Their Goal Persists
King Charles III is less popular than his mother, offering republican campaigners their best chance of momentum in years. But they risk offending mourners by moving too soon.
Long an Uneasy Prince, King Charles III Takes On a Role He Was Born To
Once an awkward, self-doubting young man, he comes to the throne, at 73, as a self-assured, gray-haired eminence.