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Ever wondered why there are always so many people in the undecided column in an election poll?
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Tactical voting and shifting party allegiances mean the final week could change everything.
Definitely going to ‘get Brexit done’ this time?
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Research from around the world shows that UK leaders are actually better at putting their pledges into action when they win office than voters think.
Media and others prepare the stage for the Democratic presidential debate in Atlanta.
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Health care, immigration and trade have been hot topics during the campaign and are likely to come up during the fifth Democratic debate.
Citizens face a barrage of polling information before an election and evidence suggests they don’t know what to do with it.
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Study shows voters struggle to take media bias into account – even when they are explicitely told it’s there.
Unsurprisingly, Australian politicians are happier than their constituents with the way our democracy works.
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New research shows parliamentarians believe the key to improving trust between them and their constituents is in improving links to the community and better educating the public about our democracy.
Would you let AI decide who you should vote for?
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Plenty of services use AI to study your behaviour to suggest new things to you. So could such a tool help you decide how to vote?
Mobile campaigning can frustrate and annoy potential voters.
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South African voters felt that mobile political campaigns were intrusive, violated their privacy and made them feel disillusioned with the political process.
Hispanic voters are not a monolith.
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Hispanics oppose Trump’s immigration policies in larger numbers than the rest of the population. But their opinions are divided sharply across partisan lines.
Canadians are still forced to travel to polling stations and line up to vote. Online voting would save time and money.
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About one-third of Canadians don’t bother to vote in federal elections. Many people cite “everyday life issues,” like the time it takes to vote, as reasons why they don’t participate.
WeChat is the most popular social networking platform among Mandarin speakers in Australia.
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WeChat is now a must for politicians. How they can best harness it to win key votes is a trickier question.
Preparing chipatis at the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara, in Walsall.
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Theresa May is courting ethnic minority support for her Brexit deal with her rhetoric on EU nationals ‘jumping the queue’.
Election workers unload a bag of ballots brought in a from a polling precinct to the Sacramento County Registrar of Voters office in Sacramento, California.
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There are different ballots, voting machines, registration and eligibility requirements and procedures for counting votes across the country. That’s a recipe for occasional confusion and miscounts.
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Results showing a large number of Leave constituencies now back Remain caused great excitement but don’t necessarily mean major change is on the way.
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There are far more pressing problems that need to be fixed in the electoral process.
Young people walk in front of a billboard in one of Jakarta’s malls.
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A political scientist finds out about Indonesia’s youth “political preferences”.
There are signs that non-rich Americans are growing less tolerant of tax cuts that mainly boost the wealthy’s bottom line.
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Historically, wishful thinking has blunted pushback.
As young Australians approach voting age they need simple, clear and practical instructions about the mechanics of how government works and how to vote.
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Results from the latest report into civics and citizenship education show by the time students hit year ten, the majority of them have little knowledge about Australian civics and democracy.
The Conservatives have traditionally won Exeter’s student vote, but those days may be over.
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A rare find in an Exeter library helps explain why the local student vote switched from the Conservatives to Labour.
Puerto Ricans in favor of independence protest after a referendum was held on the island’s status.
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Some Puerto Ricans voted, but most stayed home amid a looming financial debt crisis and political protests. Will this vote matter?