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Category: Elections

Cruz-ing into Iowa

With the Iowa caucuses fast approaching, the Republican Party looks like having to veer a long way to the right in order to outflank Donald Trump.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Party matters, United States Leave a comment 14 December 2015

Fascism on both sides of the Atlantic

There's been some very interesting discussion on whether to call Donald Trump a fascist, a debate that has particular resonance with the rise of the National Front in France.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, France, Ideas, Party matters, Political issues, United States 4 Comments 12 December 201528 January 2022

South America’s shift to the right

Venezuela's government turns out to be neither as popular nor as undemocratic as left and right (respectively) would have had you believe.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Latin America 4 Comments 10 December 201529 January 2019

New regions, new politics

French regional elections tomorrow will tell us more about the size of the surge for the far-right National Front and the impact of the recent terrorist attacks.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Europe, France, Party matters 1 Comment 5 December 201528 January 2022

Unsurprising results

A big win for the opposition in Myanmar/Burma, and a hung parliament in Croatia. No surprises, although some seem surprised anyway.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, South-East Asia 2 Comments 10 November 2015

Election preview: Croatia

Croatia's centre-left government, which brought the country into the EU, has a fight on its hands for re-election.

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Election preview: Myanmar

Myanmar/Burma votes for a new parliament, but a democratic future is by no means guaranteed.

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Charles Richardson Elections, South-East Asia 1 Comment 7 November 2015

Turkey, again

Another Turkish election looks like throwing up the same options as the last one.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Middle East Leave a comment 1 November 2015

Republicans searching for a Clinton

Another update on the American presidential race, where Republicans are trying to work out how far they're prepared to go in the direction of electability.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Party matters, United States 2 Comments 30 October 2015

Two big ones for the right

Big swings to the right in Poland and Argentina suggest change is on the way. But electoral systems matter as much as actual votes.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Latin America 6 Comments 29 October 2015

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