Greenland gets to vote

Greenland Voters Weigh Their Election’s Most Important Issue: Trump

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The US president’s interest in the Arctic island has shaken up campaigning for the March 11 vote.

In virtually every election for almost a half-century, aspiring leaders in Greenland have promised to seek independence from Denmark. And following every election, it hasn’t happened. But this year, with US President Donald Trump loudly proclaiming his ardor and Denmark reaffirming the importance of its ties to the Arctic island, independence has catapulted to the top of the agenda.

Candidates campaigning for the March 11 election are being forced to take a position on the matter—all the leading ones are in favor of a split—and voters want them to lay out a vision of what that might actually look like and when it could happen. “Suddenly, there’s a huge independence movement,” says Qupanuk Olsen, a social media influencer in the capital of Nuuk, home to more than a third of Greenland’s 57,000 residents.