Economic anxiety driving political shifts in the US and Germany
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Voters in US and Germany
USA, Germany
September 2026
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Financial concerns and affordability of living are pushing voters toward political fringes in the US and Saxony-Anhalt. The 'I-Index' by TU Dortmund tracks this trend.
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