President-elect Donald Trump’s victory in November along with Republicans taking control of Congress capped off a year in which right-wing political groups worldwide gained more power than at any time since the end of the Cold War.

Left-wing parties in 2024 suffered a record-low average vote share of just 45.4%, according to an analysis by The Telegraph of elections in 73 democracies. Right-wing groups earned more than 1.5 billion votes in 2024, the most on record in a year.

In Western Europe and the U.S., left-wing parties earned just 42.3% of the vote, and the right won 55.7%, which is the widest gap in vote share since 1990, according to the analysis.

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