Historically, parties of the right have consistently governed most advanced industrial democracies. However, in recent years, these parties have been suffering losses in their respective countries and an enormous amount of left-wing party successes has been taking place. What has caused this fluctuation? Many believe that this huge political shift (CP Article 6:16) has been caused by the United States Clinton administrations huge success in cutting the national deficit, creating new jobs, and keeping unemployment and inflation rates at an all-time low. With the United States doing so well under the rule of a liberal government, many feel their respective nations can follow our lead.With the United States governmental success over the past decade has come a domino effect throughout all the advanced industrial nations worldwide. In France, 1997, President Jacques Chirac received a stunning upset when his conservative party lost majority leading in the parliamentary elections to the left-wing parties. This, after calling the election a year early due to his obvious over-confidence in a victory for his party (CP Article 2:5). England faced a similar shock only a month before when young left-wing party participant Tony Blair was elected as the Prime Minister and tossed away centuries of British custom (CP Article 5:14) by beginning his first cabinet meeting by requesting, Just call me Tony, when it has been tradition to address one another by their titles (CP Article 5:14). Even the Japanese, who had always been big on government regulation, have begun to limit their governments interference in the...
