Italian Elections and Politics 2022 - Our Time to Schlein

[Sebastiansg7]

Well, besides the historical reasons for the particular strength of the Italian Left in Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna, I am not surprised at all by the fact that the traditional left is actually stronger in two of the wealthiest regions of the country than in for example, Calabria, or Sicily.

The traditional left-wing parties like Partito Democratico, The Labour Party in the UK, or the German Social Democratic Party have slowly become the parties of the highly educated, and they have been losing their traditional working class support at the same time. The working class has either become unintrested in politics, or has turned to the populist/nationalist right.

[Sebastiansg7]

Does anyone have a link where I am able to see the electoral results by commune? I haven't been able to find it.

[Sebastiansg7]

The traditional left-wing parties like Partito Democratico

Well, perhaps they are not traditional left per se because they are not an ancient party, but they are mainstream left: social-democratic, middle-of-the road in many issues, in tune with cultural issues that are of the interest of the highly educated more than they are of the interest of the working class, etc