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Russian Presidential Election Despite the results being incredibly predictable, with Mr Putin winning re-election with nearly 90% of the votes according to the Russian election authorities, it is still an instrumental formality. The President of Russia leads one of the global powers; a nation with a gigantic nuclear arsenal, a
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Since 2015, Justin Trudeau, leader of the center to center-left Liberal Party, has held the reins as Canada's Prime Minister. He's successfully faced off against 2 Conservative contenders and unseated the then-incumbent Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, in 2015. However, after more than eight years in office,
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Portugal's General Election Portugal has held a general election with the Democratic Alliance (AD), lead by Luís Montenegro, securing the largest vote share. The ruling Socialist Party (PS) embroiled by allegations of a corruption scandal was forced to call the election prematurely and saw a major collapse of
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The European Union's parliamentary general election is just over 90 days away. Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission, has received the backing of the European People's Party for another 5 years at the office. The EPP has seen its seat share in
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State of the Union President Joe Biden held his final constitutional State of the Union address for this presidential term. He took sharp aim at Republicans and former President Trump to gear up for the general election campaign. Bipartisanship is not something for an election year, his speech reflects 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 results. Since our last prediction much has changed; primaries
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New Finnish President Alexander Stubb of the ruling centre-right National Coalition won the Finnish presidential election on the 11th of February. However, was sworn in on the first of march. The results showcase the prevailing popularity of the National Coalition. Alongside reflecting the electorate closely attributing the governments decisions to
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1 year ago marked the first bitter anniversary of the Russo-Ukraine war. The continent was stabilising in unstable times, or at leats growing more accustomed. Support remained strong for the Ukrainian cause, however, future support hinged on the spring offensive we now know did not go as well as hoped.
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Europe Increases Support for Ukraine as US Remains in Deadlock The United States has seen much division regarding sending further aid to the Ukraine. Republicans on Capitol Hill have significantly slowed down if not hindered Democrats from giving more aid. The American aid has been vital to Ukraine's
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2024 is not just a presidential election year; governorships, house seats and notably the upper house within Congress, the Senate, is holding vital elections. The 2022 midterms saw the democrats retain an unprecedented majority, even extending their majority by 1 (in a body made up by 100). The Senate map
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Indonesian Presidential Election After 10 years in office the popular Joko Widodo of the centre to center-left has stepped aside, due to term limits. Prabowo Subianto utilised the circumstances to ensure his victory for the right-wing Gerindra party. Mr Subianto contested the presidency in 2019 and is therefor a recognised
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It's well over a decade since Britain had a Labour Prime Minister, 1 reason is the party's collapse in Scotland. The exceptional rise of the SNP entailed the fall of Labour. 40 seats were lost in 2015 - the retention of those seats for later elections