Spain's left and centre parties pay a heavy price for their failure to co-operate after the last election.
Author: Charles Richardson
Election preview: Romania (president)
Romania's president has seen six prime ministers during his term, one of whom is now his main opponent for re-election.
Yes, it’s Spain again
Sunday's Spanish election looks unlikely to do much to resolve the mess that the country's politicians have got themselves into.
Virginia and more
It's election day in the United States. Control of the Virginia legislature is up for grabs, together with a bunch of other things.
And then there were four and a half
Three months out from the start of the US primary season, one of the top Democrat candidates has already bowed out, and another is barely hanging on.
Left, right and Brexit
Try yourself out on a 3-dimensional political diagnosis, and think about what this might mean for party realignment in Britain and elsewhere.
The impossibility of media balance
No-one is surprised to find that politicians lie. But how should the media respond when a particular side of politics inhabits an entire ecosystem of lies?
Results from Argentina and Uruguay
Democracy is still working in some parts of South America, with elections in Argentina and Uruguay yielding results in line with expectations.
Brexit deferred again as election looms
Britain's prime minister is very close to getting the election that he wants. But why does he want it just now?
A Thuringian cliffhanger
A German state delivers a majority to the extremists after a knife-edge count. Coalition-building is going to be very interesting.
