LONDON ¨C A Conservative British prime minister sets the date for a long-awaited vote in the early summer and the United States follows with a momentous presidential election a few months later. It happened in 2016, when Britons voted for Brexit and Americans elected Donald Trump, and now it¡¯s happening again.
Political soothsayers might be tempted to study the results of Britain¡¯s July 4 general election for clues about how the United States might vote on Nov. 5. After all, in 2016, the country¡¯s shock vote to leave the European Union came to be seen as a canary in the coal mine for Trump¡¯s surprise victory later that year.
Yet this time, past may not be prologue. British voters appear poised to elect the opposition Labour Party, possibly by a landslide margin, over the beleaguered Conservatives, while in the United States, a Democratic president, Joe Biden, is in a dogfight with Trump and his Republican supporters.
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