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There’s confusion in South Africa about what’s driving the popularity of Jacob Zuma and his uMkhonto weSizwe party.
Both the Biden and Trump campaigns will work to mobilize their bases and maximize turnout among their supporters. But those votes alone will probably not be enough to ensure victory.
The US is relying more on its alliances in the Middle East in order to pull back a bit. This will likely continue no matter who is in the White House next year.
Decision-making abilities are critical to a president’s performance.
In the 2020 presidential election, groups of self-appointed electors in seven states met to cast votes for Donald Trump, even though Joe Biden had carried their states. Could that happen again?
Cuban has yo-yoed on and off the US list of state sponsors of terrorism. Is the Biden administration changing that?
Renaissance philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli dissected the threats authoritarian figures pose to representative government.
When a COVID-19-era policy was set to expire in May 2023, Republican officials predicted that the US-Mexico border would be overrun with migrants. That didn’t happen.
Donald Trump’s reaction to his conviction provides a textbook case of demagoguery – which erodes democratic institutions and can prime an audience for violence. His followers went right along.
Wisconsin voters elected conservative and liberal politicians in almost equal numbers from 2008 to 2022 − in this election, issues such as abortion, the economy and immigration are key for voters.
Federal judges and bar associations have meted out punishment to the many attorneys who filed meritless lawsuits claiming – without evidence – that the 2020 presidential election results were invalid.
Trump aims to garner support from white Americans by claiming he will defend them from the threat posed by people who are not perceived as ‘real’ Americans.
The stark reality is the United States has never been one country. And Trump is better than anyone at exploiting that.
A former government prosecutor examines the choice to prosecute a polarizing former president.
By focusing on the facts, the public can avoid being distracted by baseless allegations about the Trump verdict that undermine institutions designed to ensure – not weaponize – justice.
Donald Trump’s consistent attacks on the US justice system may have done significant damage.
The New York conviction of Trump is unlikely to end the legal saga, which could quickly be appealed and possibly rise to the level of the US Supreme Court.
Both sweeping immunity and overzealous prosecutions of former leaders can undermine democracy. But such prosecutions pose different risks for older democracies like the US than in younger ones.
The intersectionality of hate, which combines racism, antisemitism and misogyny, leads the white heterosexual male to believe that he is a victim of the “minorities” he must resist.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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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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Tony Walker is a Friend of The Conversation.
Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
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Professor in U.S. Politics and U.S. Foreign Relations at the United States Studies Centre and in the Discipline of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney
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Assistant lecturer, CY Cergy Paris Université
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Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Professor of Law, Drake University
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Associate Professor and Director of the Centre on US Politics, UCL
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Assistant researcher, University of Sydney
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Professor of American Studies, University College Dublin
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Professor in The Division of Global Affairs and The Department of Political Science, Rutgers University - Newark
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VC Fellow, La Trobe University
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Lecturer in International Relations, La Trobe University
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William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
