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Election preview: United States

Election day is finally here, with the US set to elect its first female president. Here's what to watch for.

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Charles Richardson Elections, United States 1 Comment 9 November 2016

Responsibility for Trump: Part II

Only so much responsibility attaches to party leaders; ultimately the voters are the ones who decide. In America they have decided to mostly stick with their respective parties, and nobody really seems to know why.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Ideas, Party matters, Political issues, United States 3 Comments 8 November 201628 January 2022

Responsibility for Trump: Part I

Far too few conservatives have spoken out against Donald Trump, and even those that have need to look more searchingly in the mirror.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Ideas, Party matters, Political issues, United States 5 Comments 7 November 201628 January 2022

Putin’s parliament

Russia's Vladimir Putin secures, unsurprisingly, a large parliamentary majority, but courtesy of the electoral system as much as public opinion.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Europe Leave a comment 20 September 2016

Spain, being Spain

Spain's politicians continue their comprehensive failure to work with the parliament that voters have given them.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Europe, Spain 5 Comments 1 September 201628 January 2022

An Australian postmortem

The Senate will again reflect the variety of Australians' political loyalties rather well. The House of Representatives, rather less so.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Electoral law 1 Comment 11 August 2016

World election news

A roundup of election news from Austria, the United States, Mongolia and Australia.

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Charles Richardson Australia, East Asia, Elections, Electoral law, Europe, Party matters, United States 1 Comment 15 July 2016

Election preview: Australia

Australia votes tomorrow in an election expected to return the Turnbull government, but with a reduced majority.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections Leave a comment 1 July 2016

Just as we thought

Spain's election shows a shift towards the centre-right, but not enough to break the parliamentary deadlock.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Spain 2 Comments 27 June 201628 January 2022

Election preview: Spain, again

Spain tries again, with no real reason to think the result will be any different from six months ago. It will be up to the politicians to make it work this time.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Spain 1 Comment 26 June 201628 January 2022

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