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Another bad night for the centre-left

No surprises in Austria, with the centre-right well in the lead and the centre-left dropping to a new low. It's also been a particularly bad night for the Greens.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe 3 Comments 16 October 2017

Election preview: Austria

Scandal tarnishes the old parties in Austria, but some of the shine has come off the far right as well.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Political issues 2 Comments 13 October 2017

Merkel winner or Merkel loser?

Why I think Angela Merkel's performance on Sunday was rather better than you'd think from the newspaper headlines.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Germany, Media 1 Comment 26 September 201727 January 2022

Merkel wins, Jamaican

The leader of the free world is returned to office in a result that will probably see her in coalition with the Greens for the first time.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Germany Leave a comment 25 September 201727 January 2022

Who needs thresholds, anyway?

New Zealand copied its democratic electoral system from Germany, but also copied its least democratic and now pointless feature.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Europe, Germany, Oceania 3 Comments 24 September 201727 January 2022

Labour falling short in New Zealand

New Zealand's National Party government appears to have been returned, but it will have to deal with the populists to be sure of a majority.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Oceania 1 Comment 23 September 2017

Election preview: Germany

Germans look set to vote their chancellor a fourth term, but the shape of her next government remains unclear.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Germany Leave a comment 23 September 201727 January 2022

Election preview: New Zealand

Tomorrow's New Zealand election is too close to call, but the centre-right government looks to have its nose in front.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Oceania 2 Comments 22 September 2017

A Weimar reflection

Some thoughts on the problem of political extremism, from the birthplace of German republicanism.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Germany, Ideas, Political issues 2 Comments 21 September 201727 January 2022

New Zealand a week out

New Zealand votes on the same weekend as Germany, with some interesting similarities and contrasts.

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