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Category: Elections

Death of a journalist

Australian political journalism loses one of its stalwarts in Tim Colebatch.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Media, Personalities 1 Comment 22 January 202430 January 2024

On to New Hampshire!

Donald Trump had a good night in Iowa, but the Republican contest is far from over.

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Division dooms Taiwan’s opposition

The ruling party holds on to the presidency in Taiwan but loses its majority in the legislature.

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Charles Richardson East Asia, Elections, Electoral law 3 Comments 16 January 202429 January 2024

And so it begins

Republican voters in Iowa will tomorrow be the first to participate in this year's presidential election.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Party matters, United States 5 Comments 15 January 2024

Election preview: Taiwan

It looks like a close election tomorrow in Taiwan, as its voters decide on the relative merits of resistance and conciliation towards Beijing.

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Two unsurprising results

Incumbents are returned in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Bangladesh, both in dubious circumstances.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Central and South Asia, Elections 1 Comment 9 January 202429 January 2024

EU loses a president

The European Union is looking for a new head of state, exposing some of the strangeness of its constitutional arrangements.

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Election preview: Bangladesh

It's not a great start for the electoral year, with a patently unfair election in Bangladesh.

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Charles Richardson Central and South Asia, Elections 1 Comment 5 January 20245 January 2024

2024 election preview

A look at what to expect in the electoral world in 2024.

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Charles Richardson Elections 1 Comment 2 January 2024

2023 in review

A look back at the big elections of the year and an assessment of some of the political trends.

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