Analysis: Why some world leaders keep getting reelected and others fail almost immediately
By Rick Noack Rick Noack Foreign affairs reporter focusing on Europe and international security Email Bio Follow April 10 at 7:33 AM BERLIN — Only a few weeks ago, the political career of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared set to end, amid scandals and looming indictments.
Just compare Merkel’s careful, or even boring, public rhetoric with Netanyahu’s Trump-style use of Twitter or his infamous “red line” graphic, which warned the world of a nuclear Iran at the U.N. General Assembly in 2012. The economy Ahead of the 2020 presidential election in the United States, a lot of emphasis has been put on unemployment numbers and economic growth. But evidence from prior reelection campaigns around the world suggests another figure is more important: inflation, which determines whether prices rise or fall.
A perception of being indispensable In their very own ways, leaders who cling to power have successfully created a perception that they are indispensable to their countries. Pointing at a track record of what they portray as success, those leaders manage to offer a sense of stability.
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