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Sunday, January 28, 2024

Trust and Political Leadership

Western Political leaders are quite unpopular at the moment:
Why political leaders are so unpopular now
https://www.ft.com/content/a46540ac-dc82-4197-9e09-cbf176f43020
Ruchir Sharma:
Joe Biden’s record low popularity ratings get a lot of attention, yet leaders across the developed world are in a similar predicament to the US president — they have rarely been this unpopular.
I track leaders’ approval ratings in 20 major democracies, using leading pollsters such as Morning Consult, Gallup and Compolítica. In the developed world, no leader has a rating above 50 per cent.

 
Meanwhile,
A Harvest of Trust: An anatomy of the power and popularity of Narendra Modi
https://openthemagazine.com/cover-stories/a-harvest-of-trust/
Trust is a value formed and nurtured as much by tangible achievements as by the psychological satisfaction people derive from them. This is evident in Modi’s case. What he delivered on were not just physical commitments; his pledges were deliv­ered on the cultural, spiritual, religious, and civilisational fronts, eliciting mass faith and collective confidence.
 
PM Modi tops list of most popular global leaders with 76% rating
https://www.livemint.com/news/india/pm-modi-tops-list-of-most-popular-global-leaders-with-over-75-rating-check-whos-least-popular-11702050909078.html