Voter fatigue topples long‑term illiberals

A repeatable dynamic: after long tenures, illiberal incumbents become vulnerable not just to policy backlash but to mobilized voter fatigue and broad coalitions that frame the contest as restoring normal politics. If true, opposition coalitions can succeed by stressing routine governance, economic weariness, and democratic normalcy rather than ideological purity. — If this dynamic holds, it reframes how opposition movements should contest entrenched populists and how international actors assess the resilience of illiberal governments.