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Broad front for democracy

Hungary's opposition turns to the centre-right to try to save democracy. There may be a lesson there for the United States.

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October electoral roundup

A monthly feature: electoral news from around the world, including Iceland, Japan, Romania and Iraq.

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Charles Richardson East Asia, Elections, Europe, Middle East, Party matters, Scandinavia 9 Comments 15 October 202126 January 2022

Parliamentary games in South Australia

The South Australian government is in disarray after the opposition, with the aid of independents, appears to have taken control of state parliament.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Constitutional law, Electoral law, Party matters 2 Comments 14 October 202126 January 2022

France, six months out

An advance look at France's next presidential election, where the incumbent faces a range of challengers from both sides of the spectrum.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, France, Party matters 1 Comment 11 October 202126 January 2022

Big opposition turnout in Hungary

Supporters of Hungary's freshly united opposition flock to the polls to choose candidates to take on their authoritarian government.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Party matters 2 Comments 5 October 2021

Twilight of the Duterte era?

The Philippines' controversial president changes his mind about running for vice-president next year. Is he really ready for retirement?

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Party matters, South-East Asia 2 Comments 4 October 20219 December 2021

Germany’s minors seek common ground

In the wake of the German election the country's Greens and Liberals have begun the search for a common program.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Germany, Party matters 6 Comments 1 October 202126 January 2022

A recall in California

California's governor looks like surviving an attempt to recall him, but the vote casts a light both on some of the state's quirks and on the mania that's taken hold of the Republican Party.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Party matters, United States 2 Comments 14 September 2021

Problems in the Balkans

There's a new political crisis in Romania to accompany the existing long-running one in neighboring Bulgaria.

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Déjà vu in Victoria

Victoria's Liberal Party dumps its leader and reaches back into its past – a place of dark memories.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Party matters 6 Comments 7 September 2021

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