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“Election” preview: Fiji

Fiji goes to the polls tomorrow, still ruled by the man who uprooted its democracy 12 years ago. Australia should hang its head in shame.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Electoral law, Ideas, Oceania, Political issues, War and peace 6 Comments 13 November 201827 January 2022

Understanding those Senate numbers

There's a lot of confusion around concerning the interpretation of this week's Senate results in the United States. Here's an attempt to straighten some of it out.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, United States 8 Comments 9 November 20189 November 2018

Election preview: United States midterms

American voters get the chance tonight to put some legislative restraints on their rogue president. Here are a few things to watch for.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, United States 7 Comments 6 November 2018

Status quo looking good in Victoria

Betting markets for individual seats give an interesting window into expectations for this month's Victorian state election.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections 1 Comment 1 November 2018

Hessians follow the pattern

The state of Hesse in western Germany produces another very bad result for the major parties, although the state government looks to have narrowly hung on.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Germany 5 Comments 29 October 201827 January 2022

No surprise in Brazil

Brazil heads into dangerous waters with the election of an authoritarian president.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Latin America 2 Comments 29 October 2018

Election preview: Brazil runoff

Brazil chooses its new president tomorrow, with a right-wing authoritarian the unbackable favorite.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Latin America, United States 3 Comments 27 October 2018

Worrying about the far left, part III

Now if ever seems to be the time for a new popular front. Can liberals, social democrats and Marxists manage to work together?

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Europe, Ideas, Latin America, Party matters, Political issues, United States 7 Comments 25 October 201827 January 2022

Worrying about the far left, part II

If we assume that the political extremes are equally dangerous in principle, are there still good practical reasons to worry about one more than the other? I think there are.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Ideas, Party matters, Political issues 15 Comments 17 October 201827 January 2022

Luxembourg update

Luxembourg's coalition government retains its majority, although the traditional centre-left and centre-right parties both do badly.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe 2 Comments 16 October 2018

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