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Category: Elections

Is it 1964 all over again?

Donald Trump's train wreck of a campaign raises thoughts of 1964, the last time the Democrats won a landslide.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Party matters, United States Leave a comment 23 June 2016

Hollande’s rocky road to re-election

French president François Hollande will have to win the vote of his own party before he can stand for re-election – and even then it will be hard work to make it to the second round.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, France, Party matters Leave a comment 22 June 201628 January 2022

And the winner is: Tony Abbott

Despite the advent of Malcolm Turnbull, the Liberal Party's war against modernity has continued – as shown in its strange obsession with the Greens.

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Finally, a winner in Peru

And you thought Austria was close? Peru's presidential election finally produces a winner, by a tiny margin.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Latin America, Referenda 3 Comments 10 June 2016

Final Tuesday, live

Results as they appear from the last states to hold primaries.

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And now Peru puts on a cliffhanger

The second round of Peru's presidential election is too close to call. Venezuela's president, on the other hand, is fighting tooth and nail against recall.

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Who’s betting on the Greens?

A look at some betting odds for the Greens in individual seats makes for interesting reading.

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Enter the Libertarian

America's Libertarians again choose Gary Johnson as their standard-bearer. And now that we know who the candidates are, some interest is starting to focus on the dynamics of the Electoral College.

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A nailbiter in Austria

Austria elects a Green president, keeping out the far right by the narrowest of margins.

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Scots clip the nationalists’ wings

Scottish voters swing from Labour to Conservative, and also deprive their Nationalist government of a majority.

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