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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

Leadership battles in Britain

Britain's Conservative Party has a new leader, while Labour is divided on whether or not to stick with its old one.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Europe, Party matters 1 Comment 12 July 201628 January 2022

Disunited Kingdom, European Disunion

A look at the winners and losers from the British referendum result.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Europe, Party matters, Political issues, Referenda, War and peace 7 Comments 29 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

Final Tuesday, live

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

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Charles Richardson Elections, Party matters, United States Leave a comment 8 June 2016

A three-party America?

The Libertarian Party has hopes of becoming something like a mainstream European-style liberal party. But it needs to come to terms with the fact that plenty of liberals are happy enough as Clinton Democrats.

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Charles Richardson Ideas, Party matters, Political issues, United States 4 Comments 7 June 201628 January 2022

Three weeks and counting

With three weeks to go until the "Brexit" referendum, the polls are pointing to a close result.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Europe, Party matters, Political issues, Referenda Leave a comment 2 June 201628 January 2022

Talking about realignment

Could the Republican Party become the party of the old-fashioned welfare state while the Democrats become the party of free enterprise?

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Charles Richardson Ideas, Party matters, Political issues, United States 3 Comments 1 June 201628 January 2022

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