The 'super year' of elections has been super bad for incumbents

'There's an overall sense of frustration with political elites, viewing them as out of touch, that cuts across ideological lines'

Whether on the left or the right, regardless of how long they’ve been in power, sitting governments around the world have been drubbed this year by disgruntled voters in what has been called the “super year” for elections.

Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election was just the latest in a long line of losses for incumbent parties in 2024, with people in some 70 countries accounting for about half the world’s population going to the polls.