And then there were four and a half

Three months out from the start of the US primary season, one of the top Democrat candidates has already bowed out, and another is barely hanging on.

Left, right and Brexit

Try yourself out on a 3-dimensional political diagnosis, and think about what this might mean for party realignment in Britain and elsewhere.

Democracy is still working in some parts of South America, with elections in Argentina and Uruguay yielding results in line with expectations.

Britain's prime minister is very close to getting the election that he wants. But why does he want it just now?

A German state delivers a majority to the extremists after a knife-edge count. Coalition-building is going to be very interesting.

Bolivia's opposition gets very close to forcing the incumbent president to a second round, but not quite close enough.

An election on Sunday in the small German state of Thuringia may have big implications for European politics.

Elections in Argentina and Uruguay will test the strength of South America's shift back to the left.

Switzerland's Greens break into the top four, staking a claim to a share of executive power in a way that seems to represent a Europe-wide trend.

Canada's radically unreformed electoral system gets the right result for once, at least in its broad outline.