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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

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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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Ideas, Party matters, Political issues 5 Comments 14 June 201628 January 2022

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

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