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The big picture: The party that successfully wins over this constituency in 2020, crossing gender, race, ethnicity and age, could hold power for a generation. What's happening: In 2016, President Trump won on a political hunch — that a swath of the U.S. left behind by the forces of globalization was a winning base. Now his intuition has gained intellectual force, and major Republicans and Democrats are attempting to capitalize on the bipartisan anger that suffuses American politics. "Millions of people feel left behind by the rapid social, cultural and economic changes under way. It’s clear the old ways no longer work and the party that is able to offer a better way forward will lead a new coalition on the scale of the New Deal and the Reagan Revolution," Sen. Marco Rubio tells Axios. If this course sounds familiar, it's because Democrats have sought to own the space since FDR. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders ran on it in 2016, and Elizabeth Warren is running on a similar platform for the party's 2020 presidential nomination. And 29-year-old Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has lit up the left with a full-throated call for higher taxes on the rich, free college, and Medicare for all. Mehlman, the lobbyist, draws comparisons to the Progressive Era, the 19th and the first decades of the 20th century, when a backlash against the Gilded Age produced a vast expansion of high schools, the direct election of senators, and the women's vote. "What we face in the 21st century mirrors pretty closely what we faced in the beginning of the 20th century," Mehlman tells Axios.

Karen Wang’s foray into ethnic and race based politicking wasn’t the first time that’s happened in Canada and won’t be the last. Wang is the now former Liberal candidate who resigned this week after it was reported she had posted on WeChat, a Chinese language social media site, effectively saying, vote for me I’m Chinese and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh isn’t. “If we can increase the voting rate, as the only Chinese candidate in this riding, if I can garner 16,000 votes I will easily win the by-election, control the election race and make history! All the parties do it to a degree, even Singh in his bid for the NDP leadership. I’m not claiming Singh has made racist comments but a look at his campaign win shows he himself benefited from ethno-politics to become NDP leader. Singh won the NDP leadership with strong support in the Greater Toronto Area, in particular his home riding of Brampton, an area with a large Indian-Canadian population and strong Sikh presence. Recently a Liberal candidate won likely in part because she was Greek. At various times all the parties had been close to these groups doing what former Liberal cabinet minister Ujjal Dosanjh called politicians gathering votes in “ethnic ghettos.” Jagmeet Singh got into trouble shortly after he was elected leader because he refused to denounce those behind the Air India bombing that was planned and carried out Sikh Canadians in 1984. Justin Trudeau had trouble during his visit to India last February because the Indian government felt he was too close to radical Khalistani elements in Canada. Peschisolido had a lot of support among the South Asian community who Chan dismissed as not too bright.

Patricia de Lille will continue her lifelong fight for a just, fair and caring society by forming an as yet unnamed political party, the former mayor of Cape Town announced on Sunday. WATCH: Patricia de Lille talks about her future and her journey as Cape Town mayor Her battle with the DA was like an abusive relationship, Patricia de Lille says. To join me in doing something good for our country. De Lille spent some time in her speech on Sunday in the Sun Square Hotel in the Cape Town city bowl speaking about what she called her "abusive relationship" with the DA, but insists she is not bitter. In a statement, DA spokesperson Solly Malatsi said De Lille's former political home "notes the announcement by Patricia de Lille that she has formed a new political party". "There are over 500 political parties in South Africa, Ms De Lille’s one will form part of that group. While De Lille's party's policy positions are still to be announced, she described the party's values as follows: "Our party will put people before politics. "We will clean up our country and politics." I believe in a good South Africa. To live a good life, and share, live and care and know what it means to be good."

As odd as it sounds, political parties in democracies have an important anti-democratic function. Long before voters decided anything in the primary or general elections, party bosses worked to groom good candidates, weed out bad ones, organize interests, and frame issues. We’ve only taken the parties out of politics.” Outside groups — the National Rifle Association, Planned Parenthood, unions, etc. “Until the 1960s, the national convention was a communications medium,” Barone writes. Today, political conventions are little more than infomercials for presidential candidates. Opinion websites and TV and radio hosts now do more to shape issues and select candidates than the parties do. McConnell’s point about money in politics is analogous to the larger trend. When you take political power out of the parties, other actors seize it. It’s why the cable-news networks spend so much of their time rallying voters in one direction or another. There are other, larger forces at work.

The German leader has also ruled out standing for a senior position within the EU with speculation growing she wants to quit politics completely. Angela Merkel’s party, the Christian Democratic Union, suffered a 10 percent slump in the polls yesterday, to win just 28 percent of the vote in the central German state elections. CDU sources said Mrs Merkel has told her party she will not stand as a candidate for Chancellor or MP after 2021 but she has not announced what her long term plans are. During a CDU leadership meeting this morning, Mrs Merkel said she wanted to remain Chancellor until 2021. Mrs Merkel has been leader of the CDU since 2000, and Chancellor for 13 years, a period which has seen her dominate EU and world politics.. She has also ruled out running for a senior position in the European Union after the European parliament elections next year, members of her Christian Democrats (CDU) conservative party said. While Mr Merz is ready to put his name forward for CDU leader, Mrs Merkel's rumoured preferred successor is the party's secretary general Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer who has already announced her intention to stand. Mrs Merkel has suffered a series of regional election setbacks which have undermined her authority and last weekend's results from the western state of Hesse were the final blow which left her with no choice but to quit. They polled fourth with more than 13 percent of the vote in their first election since forming in 2013. "Secondly, this fourth term is my last as German chancellor. "At the federal election in 2021, I will not stand again as chancellor candidate, nor as a candidate for the Bundestag, and I won't seek any further political offices."

The Liberal Democrat leader, Sir Vince Cable, has denied he was discussing the creation of a new anti-Brexit centrist party at a private meeting on Monday that led to him missing tight votes in the House of Commons. He also ruled out joining or merging with another party, and said he had repeatedly warned those disillusioned with the current political parties that the UK’s first past the post electoral system makes setting up a new party “often suicidal or silly”. It is understood that no MPs from other parties, and no donors, were at the dinner, where Cable and others were engaged in a wide-ranging discussion on how Brexit was contributing to a realignment in UK politics – an issue of particular interest to the Lib Dem leader. In his interview, Cable said reports claiming the creation of a new centre-ground party was discussed at the dinner were “not correct”. “I warn people who go around talking about new parties that under the first past the post system this is often suicidal and silly, and we’ve seen quite a lot of new parties being launched recently, and [they’ve] crashed and burned very quickly,” he said. “It’s much better to work constructively with people in other parties.” Asked if he would ever join a new party, he said he would not “because I’ve got a very good party of my own which is winning some of the key arguments”. But he said he was in favour of parties collaborating, as the Lib Dems and the Greens did in Richmond, his local council, where they struck a deal over seats at the local elections. He continued: “The tensions building up in the Labour party and the Conservative party are so severe that it’s difficult to see them surviving in their present form, and we have to think ahead a little bit. And my party will play a key role in whatever happens.” In his interview, Cable described as “ridiculous” claims that his leadership of the Lib Dems was at risk. “Unlike Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn for different reasons, I’m in the fortunate position of having a united, cohesive team of people,” he said.

Former Opposition leader Mark Latham is tossing up a return to politics, but it's not clear which party would make the best fit for the one-time Labor leader who has since been exiled from the party. Mr Latham appeared with One Nation leader Pauline Hanson on Sky News last night, but said he was still undecided on whether he would join her party. "Whether he wants to get involved in politics again, that's up to Mark." Mr Latham joined Senator Leyonhjelm's party last year. "The Liberal Democrats, for example, support low taxes. For its part, the Labor party has already declared it will never take Mr Latham back. And ALP President Wayne Swan said the idea of Mark Latham making a political return at all was extraordinary. "He's been in just about every political party in the history of this country," Mr Swan said. Mr Swan also scoffed at Mr Latham's plan for an amalgamation of minor parties. He said both One Nation and Mr Latham would just support Coalition policies anyway.

President will gain new powers after election, though the balance in parliament could play a key role in Turkey's political future ISTANBUL, Turkey - A year after Turkey voted to leave behind decades of parliamentary politics for a presidential system, citizens have again found themselves preparing for an election with implications that go far beyond choosing their next leader. Polls indicate an Erdogan victory against his rival Muharrem Ince; predictions are mixed as to whether the AKP, in coalition with their former opponents, Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), will secure a majority in parliament. "All the opposition parties are saying if they win, they'll rein back power." The executive presidency that will begin after the 24 June election will abolish the prime minister's office, transfer the role of drafting the budget from parliament to the president, and give greater control over the civil service. Turkey's opposition parties with often conflicting ideologies have formed an alliance to oppose Erdogan and the AKP, and while questions remain over their ability to work together, they are united by their shared rejection of the presidential system in the 2016 referendum. Leftist journalist Umit Kivanc believes any changes would hinge on whether parties can work together despite hostile pasts, questioning whether the secular CHP can co-operate with the religiously rooted Saadet Party or whether the nationalist Iyi Party and Kurdish People’s Democratic Movement can tolerate each other. Some commentators believe that losing a majority in parliament could see an internal review of the AKP's unconditional support of Erdogan, which has seen him emerge as the party's sole leading figure. "The team he started his political career with - very few of them are together with him right now," said conservative political commentator Izzet Akyol. MHP is directly a state organisation," he said. "As 'the master' of great election victories, Erdogan will have no problem reining in enough democratic support for the new presidential government system," he wrote.

U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May announced on Sunday that the country's crisis-ridden National Health Service will receive an additional 20 billion pounds ($26.5 billion at today’s exchange rate) by 2023. In normal times, that sort of decision might have followed a public discussion of how much the nation should spend on health care and where the money should come from. Still, the Brexit dividend was a highly effective ploy; it's no exaggeration to say it was instrumental in delivering the Brexit vote. If we are to have a health and social care system which meets our needs and aspiration, we will have to pay a lot more for it over the next 15 years. It concluded that funding increases of nearly 4 percent a year were required in the medium term, and 5-percent increases were needed now to stabilize services. Any Brexit windfall is a long way off if it comes at all. So instead of the promised new money coming from Brexit savings, it will come from spending cuts, tax increases and added borrowing. Polls suggest that Britons would accept modest tax increases to pay for the NHS, but for May's gambit to pay off, Britain will also need increased economic growth and a Brexit deal that minimizes disruption. Meanwhile, the opposition Labour Party argues that the new spending will be too little. As for a real discussion on how to fund the health service, that will have to wait.

I didn’t always show up to lectures; I was meant to study Italian, but didn’t go. And I wasn’t as involved in activism as they are, because I didn’t have the confidence. I was looking forward to living with loads of young people. I wasn’t really homesick, but I did miss Mum, even though we text every day. It’s really easy to get involved in things these days, because of Facebook. Melissa Aitchison, 19, is studying politics and international relations at Nottingham Trent University I was so excited to go to university, because everyone says how amazing it is. It was harder than I expected to make friends at first, so I needed Mum on hand. Then one day I met a girl on my course and someone in my accommodation, and we’re best friends now. We talk about things like Brexit, and I’m in the feminism society and the politics and international relations society. The stereotype of students – that we never turn up – hasn’t really changed, but I don’t think that’s true any more, because everyone works hard.