by Gonzalo Meza | Nov 29, 2021 | Georgia State University
Mexico’s Democracy, on the Path to Autocratization? Gonzalo Meza In 2018, the left-wing candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), from the newly founded National Regeneration Movement, Movimiento de Regeneración Nacional, MORENA, won the Mexican presidency with...
by Ryan Ledbetter | Nov 23, 2021 | Georgia State University
Democracy can be hard sometimes. The Us Vs. Them divide deepens in democracies around the world with every populist that finds a way to magnify their voice. How did we get here? Your bran likely just flipped to scenes to the 2016 United States Presidential Election,...
by Nicole Goshorn | Oct 14, 2021 | University of Georgia
When the Austrian Freedom Party was given a seat at the table of Austrian government and politics in 2000, the international community’s jaw-dropped. The voice against democracy was given a seat at the table and the threat became real—Western European democracies had...
by Maegan Taback | Oct 13, 2021 | University of Georgia
The United States is more populist than we think. Populism is on the rise, and many Americans have neglected the influence of populist leaders. The growth in populism is a main contributor in the increasing polarization that we see occurring in the United States. The...
by Sterling Snape | Oct 12, 2021 | University of Georgia
In November of 2020, after a long, drawn out election, it was announced that former Vice President Joe Biden (D) had won the presidential election, beating out his opponent Former President Donald Trump (R). Even before the election took place, President Trump...