In the early 1990s, the political and electoral landscape was profoundly altered by the major investigation into political corruption, known as the вЂњclean handsвЂќВ operation, and the 1993 electoral reform, in which the proportional system was replaced by a single-ballot regime, with 75% of seats allocated on a first-past-the-post basis and 25% of on a proportional basis. In any case, the outcome of the Italian general election of Mawas broadly prefigured by that of the 2013 general election. There are also intermediary positions: such as those who argue that right or wrong, policies should largely comply with votersвЂ™ wishes. For others вЂ“ who bring to mind, no doubt unwittingly, the lesson of the American political scientist Seymour Martin Lipset to the effect that democratic stability is based on favorable social and economic conditions вЂ“ it is, rather, politicians and the severe austerity policies they have implemented that are to blame for voter discontent and populist success 2. These voters are said to be unable to adapt to change, hostile to conventional parties, and thus a factor driving the successes of the so-called populist parties that have sprung up to exploit and feed their discontent. Some observers lay the blame on the electorate, or at least a sizeable segment of it.

This electoral revolution is an international phenomenon, analyzed by academics and the press on an international scale.

But just as important is understanding what drove many voters to withhold their trust from traditional parties and rebel against them. Knowing who won an election is important.

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