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While only a sliver of Americans say they support violating core democratic norms, many more say they’re ambivalent about politicians who undermine democracy.
A huge amount of money flows into campaigns in the United States. For 20 years, the Supreme Court has been loosening rules for who can contribute and how much. It just loosened the rules again.
Comparisons of Trump to Hitler have become common. But some of Trump’s policies may more closely resemble those of Francisco Franco of Spain, says a Spanish scholar.
Elections are happening in Scotland and Wales, but the smaller parties lack firepower in those areas.
The founders’ vision of the speaker of the House – a nonpartisan moderator and referee – has yielded to a far more powerful position. But has Speaker Mike Johnson given away his chamber’s power?
As universities retreat, platforms like YouTube have increasingly stepped in as a political educator.
President George Washington warned in his 1796 Farewell Address about dangers that lay ahead for the US – warnings that seem startlingly contemporary and relevant 229 years later.
ACT won’t work with Labour, Labour won’t work with NZ First, National won’t work with Te Pāti Māori … What happened to the cross-party compromise MMP was meant to foster?
NZ’s Local Government Act requires councillors to put local concerns first. But local politics is rife with party affiliation, and tensions are likely to increase.
With Gen Z and Millennials combined now outnumbering Baby Boomers as the dominant voter bloc, their votes will shape the election. But do they care?
In an extract from The Conversation’s new book on democracy, we chart the origins of the parties that dominate politics today, and the ones that fell by the wayside.
Voters proved hesitant to overhaul the election systems they were already familiar with, as almost all of the reforms in nine ballot measures across seven states and Washington failed to pass.
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s tenure has underwhelmed Ghanaians who held high hopes for his presidency.
Despite the power that political independents are anticipated to have over the election results, there’s a lot that remains unknown about this group.
A near majority of people are concerned government is unduly influenced by ‘big interests’. But party funding laws are complex and overdue for reform.
The human tendency to form group affiliations and vilify outsiders can help ramp up your anxiety during a contentious election cycle. But you can push back on those fears.
While the space for opposition campaigns in Tanzania has widened, it still isn’t enough to facilitate free and fair elections.
Though largely unread, party platforms are a vital clue about which groups hold real power in the two major national parties and can help predict what the government will actually do.
Increasingly, the media, pollsters and pundits are focusing on independent voters and their effects on election outcomes.
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