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A survey of former Australian state MPs found 31% experienced serious mental health challenges after leaving parliament.
Nigeria’s 23rd year of unbroken democratic rule will be celebrated on 12 June 2022.
The number of candidates running in party primaries has ballooned since 2010. That may result in extreme, inexperienced or controversial nominees who do not represent a majority of voters.
All actors in the electoral processes in Nigeria must work together to ensure peaceful elections.
Misinformation spread by the former president cast doubt on the latest vote.
Former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, commonly known as Lula, enjoys a comfortable lead over incumbent Jair Bolsonaro. But the Workers’ Party candidate faces many challenges.
An archaic law means many people with disability are not allowed to vote. Other countries are changing their rules and so should Australia.
There have been few if any elections when, in the last week, it has been the ‘uncommitted’ voters who have turned things around.
An election expert breaks down the big questions.
While Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National has engaged in a decade-long campaign to rehabilitate its image with youth voters, the GOP is moving in the opposite direction.
The goal of our new web app is to help users engage with their elected representatives and put imperilled species on the political agenda this election and beyond.
We’re already seeing signs of disinformation on social media ahead of the federal election.
A staggering 10,000 people took part in our #SetTheAgenda poll. The number one issue was climate change.
Public trust in elections is being targeted by disinformation campaigns around the world.
Australians vote on a piece of paper and put that into a box which is then counted. We don’t know how to replicate this transparent, verifiable process over the internet.
French voters face a stark choice at the polls, but many are saying ‘non’ to both candidates.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Labor leader Anthony Albanese met in Brisbane for the first debate on the election campaign.
Such an expansive scheme is very expensive. It has been costed at A$77.6 billion over the next decade, funded with new taxes on big corporations and billionaires.
WIth Australia heading to the polls, this election is a contest between a desperate prime minister and an opposition leader who sometimes looks as though he has been promoted beyond his capability.
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Professor of Politics and Public Policy, University of East Anglia
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Professor of World Politics, SOAS, University of London
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
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Lecturer in Political Science and International Relations, Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia (UIII)
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Professor of Political Science, Director of Center for Islamic & Arabic Studies, San Diego State University
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Research Fellow, University of Exeter, University of Exeter
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Principal Lecturer in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Assistant researcher, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, Edge Hill University
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William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
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Professor of Government, American University School of Public Affairs
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Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in International Business, Birkbeck, University of London
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Managing Director of the McCourtney Institute of Democracy, Associate Research Professor, Political Science, Co-host of Democracy Works Podcast, Penn State
