The Vicious Election Cycle
Megan Herbert
In the lead-up to the 2022 election, there were plenty of issues worrying voters. At the beginning of the campaign, Megan Herbert predicted that the fear that ‘things might get even worse’ could drive voters to stick with what they knew, even if they had been unhappy with the incumbent government.
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