{"id":341418,"date":"2026-05-07T09:00:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T08:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/its-never-enough-why-voters-are-so-dissatisfied-with-democratic-leadership-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T09:00:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T08:00:46","slug":"its-never-enough-why-voters-are-so-dissatisfied-with-democratic-leadership-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/its-never-enough-why-voters-are-so-dissatisfied-with-democratic-leadership-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s never enough: why voters are so dissatisfied with democratic leadership | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/l8rqUbDxT74\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"It\u2019s never enough: why voters are so dissatisfied with democratic leadership | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l8rqUbDxT74\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Low approval ratings are becoming the norm across democracies. But what do they really mean? 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