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Category: Elections

Not just the presidency

Control of the House of Representatives will be an interesting issue in next month's US election: not in the usual way, but because of its strange potential role in choosing a president.

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Charles Richardson Constitutional law, Elections, Electoral law, United States 2 Comments 12 October 202026 January 2022

Election preview: Lithuania

Lithuania's centrist government seeks re-election on Sunday. The country's democracy is in good shape, but governments have difficulty lasting more than one term.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe 2 Comments 9 October 2020

Into the final month

With a month to go till election day in the US, it's time for another look at what the polls are saying and how much that really tells us.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, United States 3 Comments 5 October 2020

A new Catalan headache

The Spanish courts take a hand again on the Catalan issue, making compromise less likely and adding to the woes of the embattled prime minister.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Europe, Party matters, Political issues, Referenda, Spain 2 Comments 1 October 202026 January 2022

Whither Belgium?

Belgium finally looks set for a new government, 16 months after its election, but it will have to deal with a deeply divided country.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Political issues 3 Comments 25 September 202023 October 2021

Italy’s government looks a little more comfortable

Italy went to the polls at the weekend for a referendum and a number of regional elections. Results are mixed, but from the government's point of view could have been a lot worse.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Europe, Italy, Party matters 1 Comment 22 September 202026 January 2022

Bulgarians in the streets

Protests in Bulgaria have so far been unsuccessful in securing the departure of its badly compromised leader. But electoral retribution may not be far off.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Political issues 2 Comments 15 September 2020

Slow revolution in Belarus

The Belurusian opposition continues to defy autocrat Alexander Lukashenko, with no sign yet of a clear victory for either side.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Political issues 2 Comments 8 September 2020

September election roundup

Your semi-regular update on electoral news from around the world. This week, Jamaica, Montenegro, North Macedonia and the Northern Territory.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Europe, North America (ex-US) Leave a comment 7 September 20207 September 2020

Two months to go

The US votes in two months' time, and there's been a strong shift towards Donald Trump in the betting market. But it doesn't seem to reflect anything that's visible so far in the polls.

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Charles Richardson Elections, United States 7 Comments 4 September 2020

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