A Global Movement Against The Status Quo - With so many elections in big countries this year, it's a good time to look at how the politics of democracies is shifting.

With so many elections in big countries this year, it's a good time to look at how the politics of democracies is shifting. But this is no simple turn to the left or the right.

- By Ian Bremmer

With so many elections in big countries this year, it's a good time to look at how the politics of democracies is shifting. But this is no simple turn to the left or the right. In France, Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally scored big gains in the first round of this year's legislative elections, but it was an alliance of leftist parties that surged in the second round. In Britain, the center-left Labour Party won a landslide victory over the centerright Conservatives. In Germany, the U.S., and Canada, it's the right that registers major gains in current polling.