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Category: Elections

Two elections and an “election”, plus more Trump and Brexit

This week's electoral news is from Paraguay, Turkey, Cuba, the United States and the United Kingdom.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Elections, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, Political issues, United States 3 Comments 21 April 201827 January 2022

A month of no progress in Italy

Italy's post-election deadlock continues, as obstinacy on the centre-left raises the likelihood of the far right taking power.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Italy, Party matters 1 Comment 11 April 201827 January 2022

Still no way forward in Catalonia

Catalonia's fugitive independence leader is free again, but his cause is in as much disarray as ever.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Political issues, Referenda, Spain 2 Comments 9 April 201827 January 2022

Election preview: Hungary

Central Europe's most illiberal leader faces the voters, helped by a voting system designed for his own benefit.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Europe, Party matters 2 Comments 8 April 2018

Easter election roundup

Election news from around the world. This week: Costa Rica, Egypt, Sierra Leone and New Caledonia.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Elections, Europe, Middle East, Oceania, Referenda 3 Comments 3 April 2018

An alarming runoff in Costa Rica

Costa Ricans get to choose on Sunday between two presidential candidates with the same surname. Polling suggests that the fundamentalist has the edge.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Latin America, Political issues Leave a comment 29 March 2018

Election preview: Russia

Russia's presidential election, or "election", doesn't require much analysis, but it still raises some interesting issues.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Political issues 2 Comments 18 March 2018

Election preview: South Australia

South Australians go to the polls, with little reason to think that the electoral system will reflect their wishes.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Electoral law 1 Comment 16 March 2018

Italy: populists and populism

Will Italy's rival populists get together? Or does that idea rest on a misunderstanding?

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Ideas, Italy, Party matters 6 Comments 13 March 201827 January 2022

Options for Italy, revisited

The Italian results might look complicated, but they really boil down to just two options.

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