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Progressives are still so pessimistic, but why? The populist right can and will be defeated | Andy Beckett
<p>From the US midterms to Brazil and Hungary, extremists are floundering yet the left still overestimates their power. Reality is on our side</p><p></p><p>From Brazil to Hungary and Britain to the US, why are so many people so surprised by the right’s election defeats? Flávio Bolsonaro, Viktor Orbán, Reform UK, the Tories and a vast array of Republican cand