民主

Why America is dangerously polarised — and Europe is not
爲什麼美國的兩極分化不同於歐洲?

Pundits often extrapolate from the US case, whereas in fact it’s an outlier
庫柏:在大多數西歐甚至拉美的民主國家,對立雙方的分歧未必特別頑固或嚴重。像美國那樣危險的兩極分化是個例外。

Contrast two leaders. Donald Trump’s approval ratings barely budged during his presidency, and his supporters dismissed every scandal as “fake news”. But when Boris Johnson turned out to have doubled as a party host during lockdown, his supporters fled: his net favourability rating went from +29 per cent in April 2020 to -52 per cent last week, according to pollsters YouGov.

對比兩位領導人。唐納•川普(Donald Trump)的支持率在其擔任美國總統期間幾乎沒有變化,他的支持者將每一樁醜聞都斥爲「假新聞」。但當鮑里斯•強森(Boris Johnson)被曝在封鎖期間主持了一個派對時,許多支持者轉身而去:民調機構YouGov的數據顯示,他的淨支持率從2020年4月的+29%降至上週的-52%。

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