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Still counting, still close

We now have more comprehensive figures from the United States. They show some interesting things about Trump's victory.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, United States 4 Comments 18 November 2024

Germany’s political failure

While the world's attention has been distracted, Germany's governing coalition has fallen apart. An election early in 2025 is likely.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Germany 3 Comments 11 November 2024

Trump’s numbers are not what you think

Commentary on Donald Trump almost always assumes that he has created major electoral waves. It's not true. Let's look at some figures.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Personalities, United States 4 Comments 8 November 2024

Welcome to Munich

America's voters decide that standing up to tyranny would be more trouble than it's worth. We've seen this before, and it doesn't end well.

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Charles Richardson Elections, United States, War and peace 8 Comments 7 November 202420 April 2026

Election preview: United States

Tomorrow's presidential election is critical for the future of America and the world, but only a handful of voters are likely to determine the result.

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Moldova & other updates

A big win for the pro-Europeans in Moldova after their close shave a fortnight ago. Also updates from Britain, Austria and Georgia.

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Results from the borderlands

Checking on the weekend's election results from Georgia, Lithuania and Bulgaria.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Middle East 2 Comments 31 October 2024

Japanese voters lose patience

Japan's government is struggling to hang on after an early election backfires yet again.

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Charles Richardson East Asia, Elections 3 Comments 30 October 202428 November 2024

Queensland Labor goes down

Queensland has a new government today, after the opinion polls were shown to have been on the right track.

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Election preview: Queensland

Queensland votes tomorrow in an election that looks a bit closer than originally expected.

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