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Category: Elections

Megalogenis and the curse of parallelism

A look at how commentators can go wrong in thinking about the Liberal Party and leadership instability.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Ideas, Party matters, Political issues 5 Comments 2 October 201827 January 2022

Trump voters and economic distress

A study with some interesting things to say about measuring economic distress and its political impact.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Political issues, United States Leave a comment 26 September 2018

An autocrat goes down in the Maldives

Democracy in the Maldives, which had been written off earlier this year, stages a resounding comeback.

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Charles Richardson Central and South Asia, Elections 2 Comments 24 September 2018

Final figures in Sweden

Despite the feverish commentary you might have read, Sweden's new parliament will look fundamentally the same as the last one.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Party matters, Scandinavia 5 Comments 17 September 201827 January 2022

A Swedish cliffhanger

Sweden's Social Democrats fall to a new low, but still outperform expectations, while the far right falls well short.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Scandinavia 2 Comments 10 September 201827 January 2022

Election preview: Sweden

Sweden's far right is poised for significant gains in Sunday's election, but don't be taken in by the doomsaying.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Scandinavia 2 Comments 7 September 201827 January 2022

Far right knocking at the door in Sweden

Sweden's model of consensus anti-extremist politics is on trial in next month's election.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Party matters, Scandinavia 4 Comments 28 August 201827 January 2022

Maybe not the potato

It's possible to tear down a prime minister without becoming their replacement. Peter Dutton could learn from Michael Heseltine.

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Charles Richardson Australia, British Isles, Elections, Europe, Party matters, Personalities 7 Comments 22 August 201827 January 2022

Is Turnbull another Rudd, or just another Turnbull?

Malcolm Turnbull's predicament brings back memories of 2009-10. What can that experience tell us about his prospects?

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Party matters, Political issues 11 Comments 20 August 201822 August 2018

Death of a nationalist

The founder of India's ruling party was a moderate whose creation has become a vehicle for extremism.

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Charles Richardson Central and South Asia, Elections, Party matters, Personalities, Political issues Leave a comment 17 August 201827 January 2022

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