GOP primary voters in 2022 often chose the Trumpiest candidate, even if they had substantial electoral vulnerabilities, as does Arizona Senate candidate Blake Masters, shown here with Donald Trump.
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Voters trust their gut when they decide who an electable candidate is or isn’t. That may be a bad idea.
Voting at home by mail can be very convenient – and safe from concerns about COVID-19.
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Voting by mail is safe from fraud and manipulation, is backed by people across the political spectrum and can be more convenient for many voters.
A GOP plan means that voters may be challenged on their right to vote.
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On Nov. 8, the US may experience a surge of voters intimidated by Election Day challenges to their right to cast a ballot.
Candidate signs during the first day of early primary voting on July 7, 2022, in Silver Spring, Md.
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A partisan election system, attacks on election administration and widespread disinformation place the U.S. democracy in a precarious position.
Maria Elena Paredes, coordinator of the Community Vigilance Committee for the Ashéninka community of Sawawo Hito 40, points to satellite images showing deforestation.
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Illegal roads have brought deforestation, fire and other environmental damage to the Amazon. The results of the 2022 presidential runoff could have a major impact for the future.
Brazil’s current president Jair Bolsonaro is currently not expected to win the general election.
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After a very divisive election campaign, the winner of the Brazilian election will need to reuite the country.
Winds of change in Brazil, or an ill breeze?
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Former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is ahead in the polls. But will his authoritarian rival, incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro, accept the result if he loses?
Pastor Silas Malafaia, second from left, prays alongside President Jair Bolsonaro, far left, at the Assembly of God Victory in Christ Church in Rio de Janeiro.
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Trump and Bolsonaro use religion in similar ways, but there are key differences between the two countries’ evangelical communities – and politics.
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Victorian Labor has had ample time to reform upper house voting - its failure to do so is a blight on democracy in the state.
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New Zealand’s largest city is governed by a small, remote body with only a semblance of representative democracy. Given the city’s massive challenges, is that good enough?
A ‘V’ for victory for Giorgia Meloni?
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The far-right leader of the Brothers of Italy has tried to distance the party from its fascist lineage, but many are still worried about the direction she will take the country.
People wait in line outside their voting station in the popular neighbourhood of Ngor in Dakar on July 31, 2022.
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The 2024 presidential election is shaping up to give Senegalese a significant and competitive election, leaving voters in the driver’s seat.
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The new leader of the Conservative party inherits a country in crisis.
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There’s a lot of information on social media that would support legal proceedings, but courts have yet to harness this.
Adalberto Costa Junior, leader of Angola’s opposition party, The National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) arrives to cast his vote.
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The loss of a two-thirds majority in parliament would be seen as a significant defeat for the MPLA.
The Coalition’s carpark announcements before the 2019 election are among the best-known cases of pork-barrelling.
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Ministerial discretion should be tightly controlled whenever millions of taxpayer dollars are being spent.
A Fetterman campaign billboard on the New Jersey/Pennsylvania border.
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In Pennsylvania, one Senate candidate is pounding the other for his lack of local roots. A political scientist studied accusations of carpetbagging – and found there is a home field advantage.
President Macky Sall salutes supporters after he was named candidate for the 2012 presidential elections.
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Senegal enters uncharted territory as for the first time in contemporary history, no single coalition won an outright majority in parliament.
Kenyans queue to vote in the 9 August 2022 election.
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When people fail to exercise their right to vote, it increases the likelihood of political extremism and the pursuit of narrow interests.
Fragile democracy: there are concerns for the security of the upcoming Kenyan election.
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Electoral manipulation is rife around the world, but civil society organisations are working hard to counter attempts to erode the democratic process.