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Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil and Bulgaria all go to the polls on Sunday.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Latin America 3 Comments 30 September 202229 October 2022

Election preview: Latvia

Latvia goes to the polls on Saturday, at a time when having Russia as a neighbor is particularly uncomfortable.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, War and peace 1 Comment 29 September 2022

Why not try democracy?

Italy's prospective right-wing government is not the choice of most Italian voters – a fact that you might not learn from the media coverage.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Europe, Italy, Media 6 Comments 28 September 202228 September 2022

Italy turns Trumpist?

Alarm bells in Europe as the right scores a clear victory in Italy. The comparison with America's Trump moment is instructive.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Italy, Personalities 5 Comments 27 September 202227 September 2022

Election preview: Italy

A century on, Mussolini's heirs look set to return to power in Italy. How worried should we be?

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Italy 2 Comments 23 September 202223 September 2022

September electoral roundup

Our monthly roundup of election news covers Kenya, Canada, Brazil and Austria.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Elections, Europe, Latin America, North America (ex-US), Party matters 3 Comments 22 September 20224 September 2026

Democrats United?

Scott Morrison's new job has largely past without comment, but it's worth noting for what it says about the state of centre-right politics worldwide.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Europe, Party matters, Personalities 4 Comments 20 September 202220 September 2022

Anti-vaxers win one

Liechtenstein votes against authorisation of Covid-related restrictions that were no longer in force anyway.

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Charles Richardson Europe, Political issues, Referenda Leave a comment 19 September 2022

Voting in the desert

A by-election tomorrow in Western Australia raises some interesting issues, and incidentally reveals just how empty much of Australia is.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Electoral law 2 Comments 16 September 2022

Sweden wraps up

The right-of-centre opposition wins a narrow majority in Sweden, but its task of forming a government may not be straightforward.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Scandinavia 4 Comments 15 September 202215 September 2022

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