As the New Zealand leader's popularity abroad grew, so did her domestic political problems. FMTNews
An image of Jacinda Ardern clad in a hijab in solidarity with massacre victims gained worldwide coverage.
“I’d say she’s New Zealand’s most popular prime minister ever overseas,” said Bryce Edwards, a political analyst at Victoria University of Wellington. While Ardern’s poll rating as preferred prime minister has fallen to 36% from 51% in April, she remains well ahead of opposition leader Simon Bridges with 10%.
“Usually the chance of the public booting out a first-term government is very low, but there is a lot of frustration,” said Shamubeel Eaqub, an economist and public policy consultant at Sense Partners in Auckland.Ardern attracted global attention when she became the world’s youngest female prime minister in 2017, and again when she gave birth a year later, breaking new ground for working women.
An image of her wearing a hijab in solidarity with those affected by the tragedy gained worldwide coverage.“Jacinda Ardern projected peace and goodness, and the Arab world projected it right back for all of us to take in. And suddenly we saw that the other didn’t seem that much different from us.”Despite being dubbed the “Year of Delivery” by Ardern, her government failed to deliver on some key pledges in 2019.
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