An autumn for dictators?

[Progressive Pessimist]

I still think it's more of an anti-incumbency theme more than anything. And that's for better and worse.

With the very notable exception of France's presidential election (which didn't extend much to the parliamentary elections), Denmark's elections, and the US midterm elections to some extent most international elections, particularly in this post-COVID era has seen incumbent parties be swept out of office, no matter their ideology. And even though it isn't quite exclusive, more often than not it seems like far-right populist parties have been the beneficiaries of that.

So it isn't so cut-and-dry as to say that liberal democracy is resurging against a tide of authoritarianism. It's kind of a push-and-pull of the two still going on, and that may very well continue for the foreseeable future.