[troutman]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

This isn't American politics, but it's related, and at least it's a reason to be cheerful this morning. The Austrian election featured a "Trump-alike"; a right wing populist xenophobe who was gaining a lot of steam. But having seen what happened with Brexit and Trump, the adults in the room actually turned out to vote - 75% of eligible voters, in fact. Apparently, he ran on "don't let it happen here", and won.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/.../?cmpid=PM1216

It's as if people have been reminded that if they want a democracy, they have to get involved (I sound like I'm quoting Obama now).

I'm not so optimistic about France:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...-a7453571.html