With "conservatives" i mean right-wing, christian democratic and pro-market liberal parties. And with "left" i mean social democratic, green, and left-wing socialist parties. Right-wing (usually nationalists) and pro-market liberal parties (or classical liberals) have bigger gender voting gaps...
Another myth that needs to be destroyed is that we are all socialists, social and fiscal progressives, and we tax the rich into oblivion. Well, every European country has a national VAT/Sales Tax and only three have a wealth tax. The corporate tax rates in Scandinavia are lower than the...
There is also a remarkable gender voting gap in Europe, with more women favoring the left. Even if abortion is not a political issue anymore (it remains a major issue in catholic Poland though). In egalitarian Sweden the gender voting gap reaches 20 points, according to a 2026 poll, probably one...
And it doesn't matter if the conservatives are moderate, pragmatic and well mannered or if they have become radicalized. It happens everywhere.
There is a a newly elected african-french muslim mayor in Saint Denis, a very multicultural commune in the northern suburbs of Paris. He is a member...