Italy's Populists Redraw Political Map, Split Country in Half
- Five Star populists sweep the south, League scores in north
- Democratic Party loses strongholds in Tuscany, Emilia, Umbria
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Italy’s political map is a lot less colorful than it used to be.
Whereas in previous elections the main parties had pockets of support across the peninsula, the March 4 vote resulted in a wave of anti-establishment Five Star yellow south of Rome and in the islands, and a sea of blue for the center-right coalition in the north, led by a strong showing on the part of the anti-immigrant League.