From BBC News,
Argentina’s Milei wins big in midterms with ‘chainsaw’ austerity.
The BBC reports that Pres. Javier Milei’s party won 41 percent of the vote, taking 64 of 128 seats up for election in the lower house and 13 of 24 up in the Senate. Every two years, one-half of the legislature is up for election.
In the run up to yesterday’s election, Milei was just hoping to win enough seats to have his party able to block veto override votes. His party far exceeded even their most optimistic projections.
I’ve noted a few times the worldwide trend of elections shifting to the right. Elections in the Czech Republic are a recent example.
The election for President of Ireland appears to have been an exception.
As it happens, parliamentary elections will be held in the Netherlands on Wednesday. We’ll see which trend helds.
