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Lessons for democracy from impeachment of South Korean President
1 week, 3 days ago

Lessons for democracy from impeachment of South Korean President

New Indian Express  

A dramatic power grab in South Korea through martial law was undone in just six hours, and President Yoon Suk Yeol impeached a couple of weeks later, showing how an alert parliament and polity can quickly arrest a stunning slide in democracy. It holds lessons for the entire democratic world where brute majority in the house of the people often …

Donald Trump takes Arizona in swing state clean sweep
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Donald Trump takes Arizona in swing state clean sweep

The Telegraph  

President-elect Donald Trump has won Arizona, completing yet another swing state victory and adding 11 electoral votes to his column. Before 2020, the state had been a GOP stronghold and with immigration and border security as key issues during the 2024 US Election and boasting the fourth-largest Hispanic voting population, Trump visited during his recent campaign and turned the tide. …

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2020's debunked election fraud claims are coming back due to Trump's 2024 victory
1 month, 2 weeks ago

2020's debunked election fraud claims are coming back due to Trump's 2024 victory

NPR  

2020's debunked election fraud claims are coming back due to Trump's 2024 victory toggle caption Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images Donald Trump's 2024 election victory is fueling claims of fraud on both sides of the political divide. I think we can put the lie about Biden's 80 million votes to rest once and for all," wrote Dinesh D'Souza, who popularized …

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Why AP called the Michigan Senate race for Elissa Slotkin
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Why AP called the Michigan Senate race for Elissa Slotkin

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin won Michigan’s razor’s-edge race for U.S. Senate, defeating former Republican congressman Mike Rogers in a battle of attrition. Slotkin joined Wisconsin’s Tammy Baldwin in holding two “blue wall” Senate seats for Democrats in states that Trump won. CANDIDATES: Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin, former GOP Rep. Mike Rogers WINNER: Slotkin POLL CLOSING TIME: 8 p.m. …

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POLITICO Playbook
1 month, 2 weeks ago

POLITICO Playbook

Politico  

Playbook: A new Trump era begins Presented by With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine DRIVING THE DAY Donald Trump’s re-election constitutes arguably the biggest political comeback story in American history. But plenty of incumbents from both parties, and a handful of challengers, have already won competitive races … Republican victories: Rep. ZACH NUNN, Rep. ANNA PAULINA …

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Playbook: A new Trump era begins
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Playbook: A new Trump era begins

Politico  

Playbook: A new Trump era begins Presented by With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine DRIVING THE DAY Donald Trump’s re-election constitutes arguably the biggest political comeback story in American history. But plenty of incumbents from both parties, and a handful of challengers, have already won competitive races … Republican victories: Rep. ZACH NUNN, Rep. ANNA PAULINA …

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Texas Election: Democrats and Republicans Go Head-to-Head in Battle of Billboards
2 months ago

Texas Election: Democrats and Republicans Go Head-to-Head in Battle of Billboards

India Today  

A political billboard war has erupted in Kendall County, Texas, between the two major parties, the Republicans and the Democrats. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is running against Democratic nominee Kamala Harris, 60, in the election set for November 5. While most of Kendall County voters are staunch supporters of the Republican Party, local Democrats have been putting up billboards …

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Leaders of ‘Uncommitted’ movement won’t endorse Harris but warn against Trump
3 months ago

Leaders of ‘Uncommitted’ movement won’t endorse Harris but warn against Trump

LA Times  

Abbas Alwieh, a Michigan uncommitted delegate, participates in a press conference outside the United Center before the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 22 in Chicago. Leaders of a Democratic protest vote movement against the Israel-Hamas war said Thursday that they would not endorse Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential bid but strongly urged their supporters to vote against former President Trump …

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'Truly historic': Politicos shocked by news Dick Cheney will vote for Kamala Harris
3 months, 2 weeks ago

'Truly historic': Politicos shocked by news Dick Cheney will vote for Kamala Harris

Raw Story  

Former Vice President Dick Cheney, one of the most hardline conservatives in U.S. politics in the 2000s, is voting for Vice President Kamala Harris and the Democratic ticket this fall, his daughter Liz Cheney confirmed in an interview on Friday. "Dick Cheney was one of the most conservative congressmen and VPs in history," wrote talk radio host Barry Markson. "Imagine …

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How your third-party vote could hand Trump the presidency
3 months, 3 weeks ago

How your third-party vote could hand Trump the presidency

Raw Story  

Now that Robert F Kennedy Jr has dropped out, some of his voters appear ready to move their support over to Jill Stein, the Green Party’s candidate. But I want to address something else: that third parties give the impression that voting is the only tool of democratic politics. Voting for Jill Stein or any third-party candidate in protest of …

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African elections show democracy should not be taken for granted
5 months, 1 week ago

African elections show democracy should not be taken for granted

Al Jazeera  

Rwanda’s Paul Kagame has won a landslide victory in the presidential elections held on July 15. In May, South Africa’s African National Congress lost its majority in Parliament for the first time since the end of apartheid and the beginning of free elections in 1994. Given that in both cases ruling parties with a strong incumbency advantage suffered major losses, …

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EU elections: How Russian trolls are meddling in the world’s second-biggest democratic vote
6 months, 3 weeks ago

EU elections: How Russian trolls are meddling in the world’s second-biggest democratic vote

CNN  

CNN — If you believe everything you read, it would seem the European Union wants to ban drivers from getting their old cars repaired, or that it plans to limit the flights people can take by implementing “carbon passports.” It might even impose Covid-style “climate lockdowns.” None of these things are true, but as 373 million eligible voters head to …

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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Maryland’s presidential and state primaries
7 months, 2 weeks ago

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Maryland’s presidential and state primaries

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. The Democratic primary features 10 candidates, most notably U.S. Rep. David Trone and Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks. Polls close at 8 p.m. WHAT’S ON THE BALLOT The Associated Press will report vote results for the Democratic and Republican presidential primaries, as well as for contested primaries for U.S. …

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GOP Senate hopeful suggests nursing home residents are too close to death to vote
8 months, 2 weeks ago

GOP Senate hopeful suggests nursing home residents are too close to death to vote

Raw Story  

Wisconsin Republican Senate candidate Eric Hovde expressed doubts about the 2020 election results by arguing nursing home residents are too close to death to vote, newly released audio shows. Hovde made the comments on the conservative Guy Benson Show, in audio obtained by the Heartland Signal, when he was asked where he stood on former President Donald Trump's ongoing conspiracy …

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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Ohio’s presidential and state primaries
9 months, 1 week ago

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Ohio’s presidential and state primaries

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — With the presidential nominations locked up, the most high-profile election in Ohio’s primary on Tuesday will be the Republican contest to take on Ohio’s Democratic U.S. senator. The Republican primaries in Ohio’s 2nd and 9th Districts are significant because the solidly red 2nd District is open following Rep. Brad Wenstrup’s retirement and the 9th, currently held by Democratic …

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Ex-coal CEO Don Blankenship couldn’t win a Senate seat with the GOP. He’s trying now as a Democrat
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Ex-coal CEO Don Blankenship couldn’t win a Senate seat with the GOP. He’s trying now as a Democrat

Associated Press  

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Former West Virginia coal executive Don Blankenship, who lost by a wide margin when he ran for a U.S. Senate seat as a Republican in 2018, filed paperwork Friday to run as a Democrat for the seat being vacated by Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin. “I don’t care what letter he has after his name this week, Don …

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Can Trump be stopped? Key questions ahead of New Hampshire after DeSantis drops out of race
11 months ago

Can Trump be stopped? Key questions ahead of New Hampshire after DeSantis drops out of race

Associated Press  

CONCORD, N.H. — Donald Trump’s effort to march to the Republican presidential nomination faces perhaps its greatest challenge on Tuesday when voters in New Hampshire hold the first-in-the-nation primary. DeSantis, even before dropping out altogether, had effectively surrendered New Hampshire to focus instead on South Carolina’s Feb. 24 primary. Sununu, New Hampshire’s popular GOP governor, has been at Haley’s side …

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Fla. Democrats won’t have a vote in 2024 presidential primary
1 year ago

Fla. Democrats won’t have a vote in 2024 presidential primary

Raw Story  

Unless a federal judge intervenes, registered Democratic Party voters in Florida won’t have a chance to vote for Joe Biden or any of his opponents for the Democratic presidential nomination next year — a development that may happen only in a few other states in 2024. The Florida Democratic Party has come under fire from some of Biden’s Democratic challengers …

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UDF demonstrates its might in Puthuppally, registers landslide victory
1 year, 3 months ago

UDF demonstrates its might in Puthuppally, registers landslide victory

The Hindu  

The United Democratic Front has once again demonstrated its might in Puthuppally with its candidate Chandy Oommen winning by a landslide the byelection held to the Assembly constituency that was represented by his father Oommen Chandy for 53 years. When the final result of the byelection was announced, Mr. Oommen bagged 80,144 votes to trounce his nearest rival Jaick C. …

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Pro-EU group projected to win Montenegro snap parliamentary election
1 year, 6 months ago

Pro-EU group projected to win Montenegro snap parliamentary election

Associated Press  

PODGORICA, Montenegro — A recently formed centrist group that advocates Montenegro joining the European Union was projected to win the small Balkan country’s early parliamentary election Sunday, but without enough support to form a government on its own, according to independent vote monitors. President Jakov Milatovic, who belongs to the Europe Now movement, said he hoped that “following the parliamentary …

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How one North Carolina lawmaker's defection from the Democratic Party upended abortion protections
1 year, 7 months ago

How one North Carolina lawmaker's defection from the Democratic Party upended abortion protections

The Independent  

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DC Edit | Is Tharoor a problem for Cong?
2 years, 1 month ago

DC Edit | Is Tharoor a problem for Cong?

Deccan Chronicle  

The discomfiture of the Congress leadership towards Shashi Tharoor who contested in the party’s presidential election and made it a democratic process has permeated from the national level to the state level with the Kerala unit keeping a distance from the third time MP from there. The party displayed a hostile attitude to Mr Tharoor’s largely successful tour of the …

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Across the US, a return to democratic order. Will it last?
2 years, 1 month ago

Across the US, a return to democratic order. Will it last?

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — There was no violence. “We can’t just say, ‘Oh, my gosh, everything was stolen.’ I mean, that’s ridiculous for this election.” And in Michigan, Trump-backed Republican Tudor Dixon, a leading 2020 election denier, quickly conceded to Michigan Gov. Before Election Day, NAACP President Derrick Johnson said he was “extremely concerned” that Black people would be disenfranchised by voter …

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Democratic early voting trounces GOP in three states — analysts see something "different"
2 years, 1 month ago

Democratic early voting trounces GOP in three states — analysts see something "different"

Salon  

It's unclear whether the "Red Wave" the Republicans have been talking about since early 2022 will eventually materialize, but one thing is certain: Something is happening in early voting and it's helping the Democrats. In Ohio, for example, in 2018, Republican early voting outmatched Dems by 2.3 percent. Republicans held the edge in early voting numbers by 4.6 percent. But …

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