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With President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump set for a 2024 rematch we've looked at polls, past presidential election results from 1980 and onwards alongside other elections such as primaries, senatorial and house elections alongside the importance of issue to predict the outcome. Since last month
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First Presidential Debate President Biden and the former President went head-to-head this week in Atlanta at the first presidential debate of the campaign. Expectations for both candidates were high; Mr Biden hoped to brush off concerns about his age and Mr Trump wanted to rewrite the negative narrative around him
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The European Union with its 27 member states has headed to the ballot box. Moreover, the United Kingdom is nearing Election Day with party machinery in the works to sway voters. A continental campaign has raged, in which about all Europeans have been included. The EU election culminated in much
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South African Coalition After a devastating defeat in which the African National Congress (ANC) failed to retain an outright majority for the first time South Africa has a coalition government between the ANC and their historical rival the Democratic Alliance (DA). This government of national unity is comprised of the
The world's only democratically elected transnational parliament has held its election and the result showcases a clear shift toward the right. Europeans headed to the ballot box between the 6-9th of June in 27 member nations, ranging from Sicily in Southern Italy to Lapland in Northern Finland. Each
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EU election Europeans have gone to the ballot box to determine the makeup of the European Parliament in the coming 5 years. From Southern Spain to Northern Finland, Western France to Eastern Cyprus, the entire continent voted. Polling expected the centre-right EPP to remain the largest, with roughly the same
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With well over half a billion votes cast and counted India has once again held a general election, this time as the world's most populous nation. The democratic undertaking is a major project and is undergone once every 5 years. With nearly 1 billion registered voters (the turnout
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Narendra Modi Re-elected Prime Minister of India The world's largest democracy has held its 1-month election and Narendra Modi, the leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and incumbent Prime Minister of India, is set to remain the nation's leader. His party's coalition the
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With President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump set for a 2024 rematch we've looked at polls, past presidential election results from 1980 and onwards alongside other elections such as primaries, senatorial and house elections to predict the result. Since last month former President Donald J. Trump
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South African General Election South Africans headed to the ballot box this week. After years of rampant crime, economic struggle, and rolling blackoutsthe ruling African National Congress (ANC) was seen as poised to lose its outright majority, which it has held since South Africa became a democracy since the end
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The dynamic world stage is awakening new challenges for the European continent. A rising Asia and Africa increase global competition and put more pressure on the continent's education and by extension high-skilled labour that can contribute to innovation. New migration and climate pacts hope to help unify the
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New Dutch Coalition After months of negotiating The Netherlands is set for a new government with the right-wing to far-right PVV at its core. The PVV with long-time politician Geert Wilders at its helm has compromised with the liberal VVD, the recently formed christian democratic NSC and its strongest ally