The Many Faces of Five Star Are Winning Votes All Over Italy
Some supporters expect tax cuts, others want more spending
A supporter holds a Five Star Movement flag.
Photographer: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP via Getty Images
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In Daniele Abate’s Sicilian home town, many people don’t even have running water, and he blames the politicians. So the former cook will be voting for Five Star on March 4.
At the other end of the country, across the economic divide that runs through Italy, a third of small company owners in Vicenza plan to do the same, according to Luigino Bari, who runs a local business association. They want tax cuts and deregulation, he says.