Liberal voters tend to treat Labor rather than the Greens as the main enemy. That's different to what their leaders think – or is it?
Category: Party matters
Probably not the last Berlusconi story
Thanks to Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's centre-right is coming apart. It's probably a necessary step in the development of a more normal party system.
Election roundup: Chile and the rest
The week's election updates from Chile, the Maldives, Germany and the Czech Republic.
Europe’s extremists get together
Europe's racists and neo-fascists are climbing on the eurosceptic bandwagon. It might be a wild ride.
Maoists for democracy
China's communists don't really have to worry about a rival political party, but there's an interesting moral in the reports about what a hard-line Maoist faction is up to.
Election preview: Virginia
Virginia goes to the polls on Tuesday to elect a new governor, in a vote that more than usual seems to have national implications, especially for America's Republican Party.
Searching for libertarians
A new American study has interesting things to say about libertarians and libertarianism.
Tadeusz Mazowiecki, RIP
Former Polish prime minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki died yesterday. His is a story worth remembering.
A Republican post-mortem
Some thoughts on the root causes of last week's humiliating defeat for the Republican Party in the US.
New Jersey picks a senator
As expected, the Democrats hold a Senate seat in a by-election. But New Jersey politics isn't always so predictable.
The World is Not Enough 