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September electoral roundup

Our monthly roundup of election news covers Kenya, Canada, Brazil and Austria.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Elections, Europe, Latin America, North America (ex-US), Party matters 3 Comments 22 September 2022

Democrats United?

Scott Morrison's new job has largely past without comment, but it's worth noting for what it says about the state of centre-right politics worldwide.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Europe, Party matters, Personalities 3 Comments 20 September 202220 September 2022

A Thatcherite in power?

Britain gets a new prime minister today with the elevation of Liz Truss to the Conservative leadership. What does it all mean?

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Constitutional law, Europe, Ideas, Party matters, Personalities 5 Comments 6 September 2022

Results on three continents

A president narrowly returned in Angola, a high-profile loss in Alaska and the draft constitution goes down in Chile.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Constitutional law, Elections, Electoral law, Latin America, Party matters, Referenda, United States 3 Comments 5 September 2022

Preferences and the Republicans

Preferential voting will determine the fate of Sarah Palin, but on a broader front it could make a huge difference to the future of the Republican Party.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Party matters, United States 1 Comment 26 August 2022

Populism or fascism?

Does Italy's recent experience show populists losing ground to the far right? Or is that a misunderstanding of what "populism" is all about?

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August electoral roundup

A regular feature: this month, news from Kenya, Kuwait, Senegal and Canada, plus an update on a Washington story.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Elections, Middle East, North America (ex-US), Party matters, United States, War and peace 2 Comments 18 August 2022

Democracy in Alaska

Alaskan voters are trying out a new voting system, which among other things offers them the opportunity to return Sarah Palin to the limelight.

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Mr Salvini & the Russians

Italy's three right-of-centre parties are co-operating to try to win government, but their very different positions on the war in Ukraine may herald a serious problem.

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Realignment and the Tories

Britain's Conservative Party looks like opting for a leader who, if not herself a populist, will preserve the Brexit-led populist ascendancy.

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