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Disaster in Peru

A fragmented presidential election in Peru sends two extremist candidates into the runoff, far left against far right.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Latin America, Political issues 7 Comments 13 April 202114 April 2021

Representing prisoners, and others

Preventing prisoners from voting in the United States has some strange effects on the workings of the electoral system. Australia is more fortunate in that regard, as a current round of redistributions illustrates.

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Two presidential previews

South American neighbors Ecuador and Peru vote on Sunday in contrasting presidential elections.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Latin America 1 Comment 9 April 20219 April 2021

The lesson of Robert Walpole

Robert Walpole, Britain's first prime minister, is an under-appreciated figure. Three hundred years after he took office, the contrast with his most recent successor is quite illuminating.

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Charles Richardson Constitutional law, Europe, Personalities, Political issues 6 Comments 8 April 202126 January 2022

Change on the way in Bulgaria

Bulgaria's prime minister suffers a major setback in parliamentary elections, but the shape of a government that could replace him is unclear, to say the least.

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Election preview: Bulgaria

Bulgaria faces its most important election in many years, with a corrupt and authoritarian government facing broad but fragmented opposition.

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Mr Koch and the Russians

A dispute at a prestigious American think-tank exposes an apparent synergy in foreign policy between libertarianism and Trumpism.

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Charles Richardson Europe, Ideas, Party matters, Political issues, United States, War and peace 5 Comments 30 March 202126 January 2022

Israel still undecided

Counting is still going on in the Israeli election, but it's already clear that, as expected, neither Benjamin Netanyahu's supporters nor his opponents will have a reliable majority.

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Election preview: Israel, yet again

Israel's election tonight, the fourth in a series, is set to produce a swing towards the far right. But the most salient divide is between pro- and anti-Netanyahu forces.

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March electoral roundup

A monthly feature with brief reports on recent electoral news. Today, Western Australia, the Netherlands, Tanzania and the Republic of the Congo.

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