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A cliffhanger in Kenya

Vice-president William Ruto has a narrow lead in Kenya's presidential election, but it may not be enough to avoid the country's first ever runoff.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Elections 3 Comments 12 August 202215 August 2022

Election review: Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea went to the polls last month; counting is incomplete, but the prime minister has been re-elected anyway.

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Election preview: Kenya

Kenya is yet to embrace generational change, with the front-runner for president making his fifth attempt at the age of 77.

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Mr Salvini & the Russians

Italy's three right-of-centre parties are co-operating to try to win government, but their very different positions on the war in Ukraine may herald a serious problem.

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Kansas votes for choice

A shock defeat for an anti-abortion initiative in Kansas gives hope to Democrats facing an otherwise bleak political landscape.

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Brazil two months out

With two months until Brazil's presidential election, the controversial incumbent could by laying the foundations for a Trump-style attempt at subversion.

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Realignment and the Tories

Britain's Conservative Party looks like opting for a leader who, if not herself a populist, will preserve the Brexit-led populist ascendancy.

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Lessons for Taiwan

A planned visit by Nancy Pelosi has again raised the question of Taiwan's future, and of what lessons can be learned from the invasion of Ukraine.

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Fixing American elections, revisited

Reform of the US Electoral Count Act has advanced on the agenda, but progress is by no means assured.

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A note on preference flows

The release of more figures from May's Australian election gives an insight into the behavior of those who support minor parties and independents.

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