I prefer to stay at home: the crisis of the left in 4 photos

I will unlock a memory for you. Italy 2015. There is Expo in Milan. Renzi is prime minister. The centre-left governs 15 districts. 4. Italy in 2023 centre-right: Italia Viva di Renzi, 4% in Lombardy. The right rules 15 districts, “leaving” 4 of them to the center left.

But what happened in these 8 years? The centre-left has lost so much of its charm that it’s really hard to talk about red cities that are considered impregnable today. Also thanks to the support of the 5-Star Movement that shattered all certainty. Regions such as the Marche and Umbria have shifted to the right, and many cities in Tuscany have also changed their face.

The last elections went as expected: the centre-right won again, repeating the outcome of policies in both Lazio, the capital city of Rome, and Lombardy, where Milan was the economic capital and the Olympics were to be held. . It went like this because today the centre-right had to pick up the crumbs with all of Italy’s Brothers Lega and Forza Italia. But let’s face it. Giorgia Meloni’s penalty was clear. Without goalkeepers or even rivals, because the focus of attention of the social right overlaps with a groundbreaking reality: the dramatic crisis of the left and a 5-Star Movement in the window in hopes of cannibalizing democratic voters. Empty hope.

Of course, it will be said that the Democratic Party is still in the hands of many regions, especially the historical Tuscany and Emilia Romagna. But are these really areas where voters vote with faith for a party election program? Not so much. Let’s look at the voting in the last strongholds of the Democratic Party through a microscope.

In Campania, the centre-left is, above all, Vincenzo De Luca. The Democratic Party here owns 17% and only collects a little more than the president’s picks. Emilia Romagna: She holds the Democratic Party with and by Stefano Bonaccini, is able to garner so many votes that she is also a candidate for party secretary. In Puglia, centre-left, Michele Emiliano, who alone takes 10% and has been running the regional government since 2015. Then there is Giani, who in Tuscany collected refugees from Renziano’s magic lily in 2020.

But there is one last photo that really helps us understand what happens to a disillusioned voter who has stopped voting. In Lazio, 1 million 300 thousand people voted centre-left in 2013, 10 years later more than half of the electorate stayed at home. The message is clear: If I have to vote this left, I better stay at home. And the right takes everything with minimal effort.