Carney and his aura of managerial competence seems unbeatable, but this is exactly how durable regimes appear in the middle of their run. He has made his own grand promises of returning Canada to glory with major projects, wealth creation, and national sovereignty, and his mostly monied, comfortable Boomer base lap it all up. Similarly, Orbán’s most reliable voters were older Hungarians, whose votes he secured with greater old-age welfare programs and cheap Russian fuel to heat their homes.