# Both sides of the Atlantic sense more hope: voters are drawn to the ‘politics of love’ | Alexander Hurst

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/both-sides-of-the-atlantic-sense-more-hope-voters-are-drawn-to-the-politics-of-love-alexander-hurst/
- Published: 2026-11-04T18:35:18+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T06:33:59+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/nov/04/donald-trump-midterms-atlantic-hope-voters-democratic
- Topics: Americas, Elections, Europe, Politics, World

## Key points

- Voters have rejected right-wing candidates in several countries.
- US state elections brought historic wins for women.
- The author asks whether a wider democratic revival is beginning.

## Summary

Voters in the US and several other countries have recently rejected right-wing leaders and candidates, prompting the author to wonder whether a wider “democratic spring” is under way. The article argues that people are responding to a promise of less hostility and greater fairness, and that the US result could offer a chance to rebuild democratic institutions.

The author points to Hungary’s April election, victories in Brazil and Serbia, and US state races, including Ohio Democrat Amy Acton’s win as the state’s first female governor and first Democrat in two decades. New Mexico elected its first Native American woman governor, Georgia its first Black woman, and Texas its first Latina. The piece links these results to voter frustration with inequality and corporate power, and argues that, as in Franklin D Roosevelt’s New Deal era, democracy needs governments able to deliver economic progress; it asks whether this mood could extend to France’s presidential election next May.

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