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Final Tuesday, live

Results as they appear from the last states to hold primaries.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Party matters, United States Leave a comment 8 June 2016

A three-party America?

The Libertarian Party has hopes of becoming something like a mainstream European-style liberal party. But it needs to come to terms with the fact that plenty of liberals are happy enough as Clinton Democrats.

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Charles Richardson Ideas, Party matters, Political issues, United States 4 Comments 7 June 201628 January 2022

And now Peru puts on a cliffhanger

The second round of Peru's presidential election is too close to call. Venezuela's president, on the other hand, is fighting tooth and nail against recall.

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Three weeks and counting

With three weeks to go until the "Brexit" referendum, the polls are pointing to a close result.

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Talking about realignment

Could the Republican Party become the party of the old-fashioned welfare state while the Democrats become the party of free enterprise?

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Who’s betting on the Greens?

A look at some betting odds for the Greens in individual seats makes for interesting reading.

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Enter the Libertarian

America's Libertarians again choose Gary Johnson as their standard-bearer. And now that we know who the candidates are, some interest is starting to focus on the dynamics of the Electoral College.

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A nailbiter in Austria

Austria elects a Green president, keeping out the far right by the narrowest of margins.

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Flag games in America

As if it didn't have enough problems already, America's Republican Party is split over display of the rebel flag.

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High Court loses its patience

The High Court expends little energy in disposing of the constitutional argument against Senate voting reform.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Constitutional law, Electoral law, Party matters, Political issues 4 Comments 16 May 201628 January 2022

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