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Thoughts on a three party system

Talk of "neoliberalism" obscures the existence of actual liberals, just at the time when we need them most.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Europe, Ideas, Party matters, Political issues, United States 5 Comments 7 March 20163 September 2022

Trump stumbles at last

Some good news at last for anti-Trump Republicans. Not so good for those who hate Ted Cruz, and that's a lot of people.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Party matters, United States 2 Comments 6 March 2016

Election preview: Slovakia

Slovakia's centre-left government is seeking re-election, having secured economic growth and fought against accepting refugees. The alternative is a broad and possibly unstable centre-right coalition.

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Results roundup

An irregular feature updating world electoral news. This week, the United States, Iran, Spain, Ireland and Jamaica.

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The world we have lost

Twenty years on, Australia marks the advent of the Howard government. Time passes, but we still live in the shadow of that change.

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Super results

It's Super Tuesday, the one we've all been waiting for. Results as they come in.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Party matters, United States 2 Comments 2 March 2016

The agony of the Republican Party

The presidential nominating contests may be wrapping up, with Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump both heading into Super Tuesday on a high. The Republican Party, however, is not happy.

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Grand coalition looms in Ireland

Ireland's general election has produced a parliament that looks as if it will be unworkable on any basis other than a coalition of the two major parties, historic enemies though they are.

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Election preview: Ireland

Ireland combines an idiosyncratic party system with an oddly familiar electoral system, but today's election could usher in a period of uncertainty.

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Can anyone stop Trump?

Donald Trump walks away with the Nevada caucuses. Can anyone stop him getting the Republican nomination? And how much does it matter?

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