Jonathan Portes (seveda) ugotavlja, da so skupni imenovalec Brexita in Trumpa frustracije ljudi, ki se čutijo, da jih je globalizacija opeharila in da migracijski tokovi ogrožajo njihovo prihodnost. Pri tem ne gre nujno za frustracije ljudi, ki imajo negativne izkušnje z globalizacijo in migracijami, pač pa za tiste, ki živijo v regijah, ki so bile obema bolj izpostavljene. Pomembna je splošna percepcija frustracij in strahu v nekem okolju, ki volilce žene k ekstremnemu glasovanju.
Since the UK referendum, there has been a lively debate about the extent to which the result was driven by immigration. Immigration was indeed a central issue in the campaign, and there is some evidence that at least some areas which have seen rapid growth in migrant populations saw large votes to Leave. But other explanations are available; Leave was particularly strong in areas which suffered most from the decline of manufacturing industry in the 1980s, long before the recent rise in immigration. One analysis suggested that one of the strongest predictors of a Leave vote at a local level was the degree to which the economy was exposed to competition from Chinese imports.
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